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Cash prices North Dakota Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in North Dakota without insurance

Of 12 hospitals in North Dakota we can compare, Mercy Medical Center (Williston) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 42% below the North Dakota median across 308 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all North Dakota hospitals, procedure by procedure.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

Hospital Typical priceBelow median Above median
1. Mercy Medical Center Williston 42% below 254 of 308 41 of 308
2. Mercy Hospital of Devils Lake Devils Lake 31% below 158 of 183 15 of 183
3. Garrison Memorial Hospital Garrison 27% below 117 of 148 27 of 148
4. St. Alexius Medical Center Bismarck 22% below 227 of 321 79 of 321
5. St. Alexius Medical Center Turtle Lake 21% below 88 of 126 32 of 126
6. St Joseph's Hospital and Health Center Dickinson 14% below 163 of 276 92 of 276
7. Carrington Health Center Carrington 4% below 101 of 185 66 of 185
8. Essentia Health Fargo Fargo 24% above 49 of 203 138 of 203
9. Sanford Mayville Medical Center Mayville 25% above 26 of 249 191 of 249
10. Sanford Hillsboro Medical Center Hillsboro 25% above 26 of 253 195 of 253
11. Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck 31% above 25 of 204 158 of 204
12. Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo 70% above 17 of 219 199 of 219

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all North Dakota hospitals that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.