Treatment of fibula fracture 27780 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

$358.40

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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.

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$448.00

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.

$198.69 with Sanford Health Plan vs $411.71 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

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 SD Exchange True $198.69 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $226.55 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $227.89 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $233.72 ↓ -35%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $244.68 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $246.40 ↓ -31%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $247.08 ↓ -31%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $247.08 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $247.08 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $247.08 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $247.08 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $248.19 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $251.87 ↓ -30%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $266.52 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Commercial $282.24 ↓ -21%
Ucare Commercial $349.89 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $367.36 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $374.08 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $384.83 ↑ +7%
Multiplan Commercial $403.20 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $403.20 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $403.20 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $411.71 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Wellmark HMO not published by hospital —

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Treatment of fibula fracture 27780 at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $620.80 $104.52 – $698.40
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $345.60 $135.65 – $388.80
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $378.40 $161.77 – $425.70

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