Marker biop eviva buckle ss 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

$774.40

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.

$968.00

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.

$112.65 with Sanford Health Plan vs $233.43 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 $112.65 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $128.45 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $132.51 ↓ -83%
Security Health Plan Commercial $139.70 ↓ -82%
Health Partners State Employees $140.72 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $151.10 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Commercial $160.02 ↓ -79%
Ucare Commercial $198.37 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial $208.28 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $212.09 ↓ -73%
Medica Choice $218.19 ↓ -72%
Multiplan Commercial $228.60 ↓ -70%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $228.60 ↓ -70%
Healthez Commercial $228.60 ↓ -70%
Medica Elect $233.43 ↓ -70%
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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