Cath imag ivus pv 8.5fx90 .035 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

$2,688.00

Cash price

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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.

$3,360.00

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.

$970.38 with Sanford Health Plan vs $2,010.77 with Medica — 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 $970.38 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,106.47 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,141.48 ↓ -58%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,203.40 ↓ -55%
Health Partners State Employees $1,212.15 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $1,301.64 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Commercial $1,378.44 ↓ -49%
Ucare Commercial $1,708.83 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial $1,794.16 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,826.98 ↓ -32%
Medica Choice $1,879.49 ↓ -30%
Multiplan Commercial $1,969.20 ↓ -27%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,969.20 ↓ -27%
Healthez Commercial $1,969.20 ↓ -27%
Medica Elect $2,010.77 ↓ -25%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Wellmark HMO not published by hospital —

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Cath imag ivus pv 8.5fx90 .035 at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $9,520.00 $1.00 – $3,307.50

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