Specialist consult, extended cost in North Dakota
In North Dakota, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for specialist consultation, moderate complexity or 40+ minutes: from $135.00 to $927.10, with a median of $323.80. The lowest price is at Southwest Healthcare Services (Bowman). The highest price is 6.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $323.80, is 47% above the US median of $219.70.
- North Dakota ranks 31st of 35 states by median, cheapest first.
- 4 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 99244. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 5, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$135.00Southwest Healthcare Services
Median$323.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$927.10in North Dakota
Lowest saves$188.80vs the median
Hospitals in North Dakota, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Healthcare Services lowest Bowman · Bowman, ND OFFICE CONSULT MODERATE COMPLEXITY 99244 | $135.00 | $150.00 | Oct 16, 2025 source file |
| Essentia Health Fargo Fargo · Fargo, ND-MN OFFICE/OUTP CONSULT,LEVEL IV, MODERATE MDM >= 40 MINUTES | $148.50 | $198.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Altru Hospital Grand Forks · Grand Forks, ND-MN HC OFFICE CONSULT LEVEL IV | $151.89 | $249.00 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Altru Hospital Devils Lake Devils Lake · Devils Lake, ND HC OFFICE CONSULT LEVEL IV | $151.89 | $249.00 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo · Fargo, ND-MN ED 99244 OFFICE OP CONSULT NEW MOD MDM 40 MIN | $269.60 | $337.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Nelson County Health System Hospital McVille · McVille, ND PR OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT MOD MDM 40 MINUTES | $378.00 | $378.00 | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| Ashley Medical Center Ashley · Ashley, ND CONSULATION OP-LEVEL 4 | $460.50 | $460.50 | Oct 9, 2026 source file |
| SMP Health - St. Aloisius Harvey · Harvey, ND Patient office consultation, 60 min | $486.00 | $540.00 | — source file |
| Towner County Medical Center Cando · Cando, ND Patient office consultation, 60 min | $504.00 | $504.00 | — source file |
| St. Luke's Hospital Crosby · Crosby, ND PR OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT MOD MDM 40 MINUTES | $927.10 | $927.10 | Oct 6, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo, ND-MN | 2 | $148.50 | $209.05 |
| Ashley, ND | 1 | $460.50 | $460.50 |
| Bowman, ND | 1 | $135.00 | $135.00 |
| Cando, ND | 1 | $504.00 | $504.00 |
| Crosby, ND | 1 | $927.10 | $927.10 |
| Devils Lake, ND | 1 | $151.89 | $151.89 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 1 | $151.89 | $151.89 |
| Harvey, ND | 1 | $486.00 | $486.00 |
| McVille, ND | 1 | $378.00 | $378.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What specialist consult, extended is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Specialist consult, extended explained.
Specialist consultation, moderate complexity or 40+ minutes in other states
- Alabama$160.39
- Alaska$516.36, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$133.25
- Arkansas$135.20
- California$202.50
- Colorado$144.31
- Connecticut$500.00
- District of Columbia$93.50, 1 hospital
- Florida$45.60
- Georgia$673.00
- Hawaii$389.68, 2 hospitals
- Idaho$286.41, 3 hospitals
- Illinois$242.50
- Indiana$242.20
- Iowa$294.40
- Kansas$266.05
- Kentucky$170.40
- Louisiana$152.01
- Maine$64.17
- Maryland$495.90, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$237.00
- Michigan$225.73
- Minnesota$197.79
- Mississippi$159.56
- Missouri$267.25
- Montana$387.41
- Nebraska$338.88, 2 hospitals
- Nevada$352.50, 2 hospitals
- New Hampshire$80.50, 4 hospitals
- New Jersey$47.30
- New Mexico$339.94, 2 hospitals
- New York$298.91
- Ohio$147.33
- Oklahoma$96.48
- Oregon$462.00
- Pennsylvania$260.00
- Puerto Rico$783.25, 4 hospitals
- South Carolina$246.83
- South Dakota$461.10, 4 hospitals
- Tennessee$89.98
- Texas$162.32
- Vermont$213.75, 4 hospitals
- Virginia$459.62, 4 hospitals
- Washington$252.70
- West Virginia$99.25
- Wisconsin$320.45
- Wyoming$248.32
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.