Doctor visits and therapy CPT 99195 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Therapeutic phlebotomy cost in Fargo, ND — inpatient

In Fargo, ND-MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for therapeutic phlebotomy (removing blood as treatment) as an inpatient: from $219.00 to $264.00, with a median of $241.50. The lowest listed price is at Essentia Health Fargo — $22.50 less than the median here. Across North Dakota, the median is $231.94 at 10 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 99195, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Mar 4, 2026.

Lowest$219.00Essentia Health Fargo
Median$241.50half pay less
Highest$264.00in this market
Difference1.2×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fargo, ND-MN.

median
Lowest $219.00Highest $264.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Essentia Health Fargo lowest Fargo, ND · (701) 364-8000 PHLEBOTOMY $219.00 $292.00 $125.24–$248.20 25% Jan 1, 2026
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Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND · (701) 234-2000 THERAPEUTIC PHLEBOTOMY $264.00 $330.00 $181.50–$297.00 20% Mar 4, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $219.00, median $241.50, highest $264.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $241.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

Therapeutic phlebotomy removes a unit of blood to treat conditions with too much iron or too many red blood cells, such as hemochromatosis and polycythemia vera.

What the price covers

The price is for one session.