North Dakota procedure costs
47 hospitals · 442 Medicare providers · 2,265 procedure codes with North Dakota locality adjustments.
The short answer
North Dakota has 47 hospitals and 442 Medicare-billing providers across 2,265 procedure codes. The average Medicare payment per procedure is $150.79; the average submitted (billed) charge is $895.52.
- Procedure codes
- 2,265
- Providers per hospital
- 9.4
- Billed-to-Medicare ratio
- 5.9x
- Markup rank
- #18 of 56
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, 2023.
About this dataset, nationwide
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the 2023 Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset records payments for 9,297 procedure codes billed across 5,426 hospitals in 56 states and territories; see our methodology for how each figure is sourced and computed.
North Dakota against every US state
Where the state's average Medicare payment per procedure falls, all 56 tracked jurisdictions
$151 higher than 11% of 56 states
Each bar is a $25-wide band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, 2023
The priciest procedures in North Dakota
Highest average Medicare payment per procedure billed in North Dakota. Hover any bar for the exact figure; even these top procedures are billed well above what Medicare reimburses.
Top procedures by Medicare payment - North Dakota
The cost spread in North Dakota
The highest- and lowest-paying procedures Medicare reimbursed in North Dakota, side by side.
Most expensive
Least expensive
Top Procedures by Volume
North Dakota Healthcare Cost Landscape
CMS lists 47 hospitals in North Dakota across 42 cities. FARGO holds 4 (9%). The three densest cities together hold 17% of the state roster. Statewide that is 442 Medicare-billing providers, 9.4 per listed hospital.
9 hospitals carry a CMS overall star rating (1 five-star, 4 four-star, 3 three-star, 1 two-star, 0 one-star) ; five-star share among rated facilities is 11%. 38 hospitals in this extract have no published overall rating.
Facility-type mix: Critical Access Hospitals 37 (79%); Acute Care Hospitals 7 (15%); Psychiatric 2 (4%); Acute Care - Veterans Administration 1 (2%).
Among the 30 highest-volume procedure codes billed in North Dakota, Drugs (Administered) leads with 1.2M services (36% of this top-volume slice) across 10 codes. Next is Medicine at 14%.
Submitted charges average $895.52 against $150.79 Medicare payment (5.9x billed-to-Medicare). That ratio ranks #18 of 56 jurisdictions with both figures in this extract. Average Medicare payment itself is #50 of 56.
Volume leaders are not the high-payment codes. Injection, Ferric Carboxymaltose, 1 Mg is in the top volume slice but not the highest Medicare payments; Ambulance Service, Conventional Air Services, Transport, One Way (rotary Wing) is in the high-payment set without matching volume rank.
These are CMS roster and claims aggregates for North Dakota, not a quote for any patient, plan, or visit. See the methodology and CMS Medicare Provider Charge Data.
Where North Dakota hospitals sit
City of the CMS hospital roster, not a travel or care recommendation. 42 distinct cities appear on 47 listed facilities.
| City | Hospitals | Share of state roster |
|---|---|---|
| FARGO | 4 | 9% |
| BISMARCK | 2 | 4% |
| JAMESTOWN | 2 | 4% |
| ASHLEY | 1 | 2% |
| BELCOURT | 1 | 2% |
| BOTTINEAU | 1 | 2% |
| BOWMAN | 1 | 2% |
| CANDO | 1 | 2% |
Nationwide states with similar hospital scale or Medicare payment
Two CMS-extract-derived peer sets for North Dakota: nearest hospital inventory and nearest statewide average Medicare payment. Not clinical substitutes: registry-scale and payment neighborhoods only.
Similar CMS hospital count
Nearest states with ≥5 hospitals (47 here).
Similar average Medicare payment
Nearest states with published averages ($150.79 here).
Hospitals in North Dakota
How North Dakota Compares Nationally
North Dakota's average Medicare payment is #50 of 56 in this extract. Submitted-over-Medicare markup ranks #18 of 56 (5.9x). Hospital-count peers (nearest CMS roster size to 47): Idaho 48, Nevada 46, New Mexico 45, Utah 51. Payment peers (nearest average Medicare payment to $150.79): Maine $149.34, South Dakota $160.44, West Virginia $167.89, Rhode Island $170.38.
Those peer sets are registry neighborhoods, not clinical substitutes. Markup rank and payment rank can diverge: a jurisdiction can sit high on billed-to-Medicare while sitting mid-pack on payment, or the reverse. Figures remain CMS averages for North Dakota, not an out-of-pocket quote.
Related registry pages
North Dakota averages sit on two maps: Medicare payment and submitted-over-Medicare markup.
- Procedure codes billed in this extract, in national volume order. Browse procedures
- State payment rank versus markup rank on the rankings hub. Rankings
- How these figures are sourced. Methodology
Figures here are North Dakota CMS averages, not a quote for any patient, plan, or visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainProcedure is rendered directly from CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.