Foot arch support remov prem 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

$104.00

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.

$130.00

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.

$57.66 with Sanford Health Plan vs $119.47 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 $57.66 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $65.74 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $67.82 ↓ -35%
Security Health Plan Commercial $71.50 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $72.02 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $77.34 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Commercial $81.90 ↓ -21%
Ucare Commercial $101.53 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $104.04 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial $106.60 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $108.55 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $111.67 ↑ +7%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $111.71 ↑ +7%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $112.81 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $112.81 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $112.81 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $112.81 ↑ +8%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $112.81 ↑ +8%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $115.00 ↑ +11%
Healthez Commercial $117.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $117.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $117.00 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $119.47 ↑ +15%
Wellmark HMO not published by hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital

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Foot arch support remov prem at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $178.40 $26.69 – $76.50
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $85.29 – $97.57

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