Repair complex wound scalp/arms/legs 2.6 - 7.5 cm 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

$1,486.40

Cash price

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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.

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.

$1,858.00

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.

$581.52 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $1,707.50 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

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 Align Medicare Replacement $581.52 ↓ -61%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $624.37 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -58%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -58%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $642.74 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $824.02 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $939.59 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $969.32 ↓ -35%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,021.90 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $1,029.33 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $1,105.32 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Commercial $1,170.54 ↓ -21%
Ucare Commercial $1,451.10 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $1,523.56 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,551.43 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $1,596.02 ↑ +7%
Multiplan Commercial $1,672.20 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,672.20 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,672.20 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $1,707.50 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Wellmark HMO not published by hospital —

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Repair complex wound scalp/arms/legs 2.6 - 7.5 cm at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $1,846.40 $1,184.00 – $2,077.20
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $928.00 $255.65 – $1,044.00
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $1,431.20 $561.75 – $1,610.10
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $950.40 $406.30 – $1,069.20
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $1,153.60 $493.16 – $1,297.80
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $1,018.40 $375.54 – $1,145.70

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