Endovasc tempory vessel occl 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

$3,536.80

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

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$4,421.00

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.

$1,960.71 with Sanford Health Plan vs $11,907.60 with Primewest — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $1,960.71 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $2,235.70 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $2,306.44 ↓ -35%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,431.55 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $2,449.23 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $2,630.05 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Commercial $2,785.23 ↓ -21%
Ucare Commercial $3,452.80 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $3,625.22 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $3,691.54 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $3,797.64 ↑ +7%
Multiplan Commercial $3,978.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3,978.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $3,978.90 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $4,062.90 ↑ +15%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $10,773.54 ↑ +205%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $11,567.38 ↑ +227%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↑ +230%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↑ +230%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↑ +230%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↑ +230%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↑ +230%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $11,907.60 ↑ +237%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Wellmark HMO not published by hospital —

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Endovasc tempory vessel occl at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $13,346.40 $573.88 – $15,014.70

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