Skin lesion freezing (cryotherapy) cost in North Dakota

Prices at 17 hospitals in North Dakota, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $112 — 10% below the US median ($125), roughly 3.1× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
CHI St Alexius Health Bismarck, ND $20 $26 ★ 4/5 164 min 14.7%
Garrison Memorial Hospital Garrison, ND $20 $26 111 min
CHI St Alexius Health Williston Williston, ND $21 $20 ★ 3/5 157 min 15.6%
CHI St Alexius Health Dickinson Dickinson, ND $23 $19 ★ 2/5 185 min 13.6%
Altru Hospital Grand Forks, ND $51 $341 ★ 3/5 167 min 13.9%
CHI St Alexius Health Turtle Lake Turtle Lake, ND $84 $88 105 min
Jamestown Regional Medical Center Jamestown, ND $96 $87 ★ 4/5 110 min 14.7%
St Andrew's Hospital Bottineau, ND $112 $65 105 min 15.6%
Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center Elgin, ND $137 $113 111 min
Presentation Medical Center Rolla, ND $141 $98 104 min 15.0%
Smp Health St Aloisius Harvey, ND $141 $98 ★ 1/5 76 min 15.8%
Tioga Medical Center Tioga, ND $151 $151 84 min 15.4%
South Central Health Wishek, ND $175 96 min 14.9%
Essentia Health Fargo, ND $202 $132 ★ 3/5 104 min 14.8%
Mountrail County Medical Center Inc Stanley, ND $232 $194 79 min

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated August 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$125
Cash / self-pay
$112
Insurer-negotiated
$87
Medicare pays
$36
$20$191
Median cash $112  ·  Medicare $36  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $112 — about 3.1× the Medicare rate ($36). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($73).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $125 list price could save about $13 (10%).

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