Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center

2905 3rd Ave SE, Aberdeen, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1235406455

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$41.60

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$52.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$18.23 with Sanford Health Plan vs $342.91 with Primewest — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $18.23 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $20.78 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $21.44 ↓ -48%
Security Health Plan Commercial $22.61 ↓ -46%
Health Partners State Employees $22.77 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $24.45 ↓ -41%
Health Partners Commercial $25.89 ↓ -38%
Ucare Commercial $32.10 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $33.70 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $34.32 ↓ -18%
Medica Choice $35.30 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Commercial $36.99 ↓ -11%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $36.99 ↓ -11%
Healthez Commercial $36.99 ↓ -11%
Medica Elect $37.77 ↓ -9%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $310.25 ↑ +646%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $333.11 ↑ +701%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $336.38 ↑ +709%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $336.38 ↑ +709%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $336.38 ↑ +709%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $336.38 ↑ +709%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $336.38 ↑ +709%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $342.91 ↑ +724%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Wellmark HMO not published by hospital —

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Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $42.40 $21.03 – $36.90
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $197.60 $8.38 – $291.02
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $36.80 $10.36 – $29.70
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $53.60 $19.84 – $52.20
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $83.20 $14.46 – $44.10

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