Ghs intermed repair over 30 cm - 12037 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

$2,411.20

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.

$3,014.00

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.

$1,336.71 with Sanford Health Plan vs $2,769.87 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 $1,336.71 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,524.18 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,572.40 ↓ -35%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,657.70 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $1,669.76 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,737.77 ↓ -28%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $1,793.03 ↓ -26%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,865.81 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,884.11 ↓ -22%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,884.11 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,884.11 ↓ -22%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,884.11 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $1,884.11 ↓ -22%
Health Partners Commercial $1,898.82 ↓ -21%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,920.69 ↓ -20%
Ucare Commercial $2,353.93 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $2,471.48 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $2,516.69 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $2,589.03 ↑ +7%
Multiplan Commercial $2,712.60 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,712.60 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $2,712.60 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $2,769.87 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Wellmark HMO not published by hospital —

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Ghs intermed repair over 30 cm - 12037 at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $3,084.00 $327.55 – $3,469.50
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $2,321.60 $911.23 – $2,611.80
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $2,434.40 $1,040.71 – $2,738.70

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