St evaluate speech sound production 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

$341.60

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.

$427.00

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.

$102.11 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $392.41 with Medica — 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
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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 Align Medicare Replacement $102.11 ↓ -70%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $109.63 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $110.71 ↓ -68%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $110.71 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $110.71 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $110.71 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $110.71 ↓ -68%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $112.86 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $189.37 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $215.93 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $222.77 ↓ -35%
Security Health Plan Commercial $234.85 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $236.56 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $254.02 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Commercial $269.01 ↓ -21%
Ucare Commercial $333.49 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $350.14 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $356.55 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $366.79 ↑ +7%
Multiplan Commercial $384.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $384.30 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $384.30 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $392.41 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Wellmark HMO not published by hospital —

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St evaluate speech sound production at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $346.40 $222.13 – $389.70
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $387.20 $69.23 – $435.60
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $353.60 $138.79 – $397.80
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $382.40 $163.48 – $430.20
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $331.20 $141.59 – $372.60
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $340.00 $125.38 – $382.50

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