Vaccine Administration (one shot) 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

$82.40

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.

$103.00

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.

$8.73 with Sanford Health Plan vs $74.73 with Primewest — 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 $8.73 ↓ -89%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $9.95 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $10.27 ↓ -88%
Security Health Plan Commercial $10.82 ↓ -87%
Health Partners State Employees $10.90 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $11.71 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Commercial $12.40 ↓ -85%
Ucare Commercial $15.37 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial $16.14 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $16.43 ↓ -80%
Medica Choice $16.91 ↓ -79%
Multiplan Commercial $17.71 ↓ -79%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $17.71 ↓ -79%
Healthez Commercial $17.71 ↓ -79%
Medica Elect $18.09 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $67.61 ↓ -18%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $72.59 ↓ -12%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $73.31 ↓ -11%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $73.31 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $73.31 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $73.31 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $73.31 ↓ -11%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $74.73 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Wellmark HMO not published by hospital —

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Vaccine Administration (one shot) at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $50.40 $10.10 – $17.71
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $128.00 $8.04 – $74.73
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $100.00 $6.18 – $17.71
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $40.80 $6.73 – $17.71
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $98.40 $6.73 – $17.71
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $100.80 $5.81 – $17.71

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