Hospital
Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota
Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota was paid $2.16M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is 99282, Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSANFORD HEALTH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA
BAGLEY, MN 56621
BAGLEY, MN 56621
33aNPI1932472255assigned 02/16/2012
33bProvider typeCritical Access Hospital
28Total paid$2.16M
24GClaims27,594
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Critical Access Hospital providers in Minnesota
Rank by total paid#21 of 68
Median peer was paid$798K
This provider vs. median2.7×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official MORRISON, TONY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,908 | $72K | |
| 2019 | 3,930 | $285K | |
| 2020 | 3,089 | $304K | |
| 2021 | 4,956 | $392K | |
| 2022 | 4,986 | $438K | |
| 2023 | 4,649 | $434K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,076 | $231K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 39% | 4,719 | 4,415 | $833K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 17% | 3,617 | 3,262 | $375K |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 15% | 3,180 | 2,970 | $328K |
| A0429 | Emergency ambulance ride, basic life supportAmbulance service, basic life support, emergency transport (bls-emergency) | 6.9% | 439 | 376 | $150K |
| A0425 | Ground mileage, per statute mile | 6.2% | 893 | 720 | $133K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 3.5% | 581 | 525 | $75K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 2.9% | 3,730 | 3,184 | $62K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 2.4% | 5,105 | 4,467 | $53K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 1.9% | 1,964 | 1,748 | $42K |
| U0003 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r | 1.8% | 396 | 370 | $38K |
| J3490 | Unclassified drugs | <1% | 1,477 | 888 | $16K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 241 | 228 | $8K |
12 more codes
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 291 | $8K |
| U0005 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2 | <1% | 241 | $7K |
| 87631 | <1% | 31 | $6K | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 321 | $5K |
| 0241U | Neonatal screening for hereditary disorders, genomic sequence analysis panel | <1% | 16 | $5K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 90 | $5K |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 152 | $3K |
| 0240U | <1% | 17 | $2K | |
| 83735 | <1% | 54 | $889.47 | |
| 81001 | <1% | 13 | $411.96 | |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 13 | $391.97 |
| 0011A | <1% | 13 | $329.65 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialMORRISON, TONY (VICE PRESIDENT, REVENUE CYCLE)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sanford Medical Center Fargo | Fargo, ND | $50.18M |
| Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota | Bemidji, MN | $47.45M |
| Sanford Bismarck | Bismarck, ND | $43.96M |
| Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota | Bemidji, MN | $27.11M |
| Sanford Medical Center | Sioux Falls, SD | $24.40M |
| FM Ambulance Service, INC | Fargo, ND | $23.80M |
| Sanford Medical Center | Sioux Falls, SD | $18.03M |
| Sanford Health Network | Worthington, MN | $7.58M |
| Sanford Clinic | Sioux Falls, SD | $6.04M |
| Sanford Clinic | Sioux Falls, SD | $5.45M |
| Sanford Healthcare Accessories, LLC | Fargo, ND | $4.79M |
| Sanford Health Network North | Thief River Falls, MN | $3.28M |
| Sanford Clinic | Sioux Falls, SD | $2.96M |
| Sanford Health Network | Jackson, MN | $2.81M |
| Sanford Clinic | Watertown, SD | $2.02M |
| Black Hills Orthopedic & Spine Center, INC. | Rapid City, SD | $1.71M |
| Sanford Health Network | Chamberlain, SD | $1.47M |
| Sanford Health Network | Vermillion, SD | $1.31M |
| Sanford Health Network | Luverne, MN | $1.27M |
| Sanford Medical Center Fargo | Pelican Rapids, MN | $1.01M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.