Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center

440 N Hiawatha Dr, Canton, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1740244540

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$163.34

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.

$204.17

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.

$64.85 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $170.66 with First Choice Health Network — 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 Align Medicare Replacement $64.85 ↓ -60%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $69.59 ↓ -57%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $69.59 ↓ -57%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $70.35 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $70.35 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $70.35 ↓ -57%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $70.35 ↓ -57%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $71.68 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $103.89 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $104.29 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $118.47 ↓ -27%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $122.23 ↓ -25%
Health Partners State Employees $122.68 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $139.37 ↓ -15%
Health Partners Commercial $142.22 ↓ -13%
Medica Choice $156.44 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $158.33 ↓ -3%
Wellmark PPO $163.07 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial $164.78 ↑ +1%
Ucare Commercial $166.60 ↑ +2%
Medica Elect $167.24 ↑ +2%
Multiplan Commercial $170.66 ↑ +4%
Healthez Commercial $170.66 ↑ +4%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $170.66 ↑ +4%

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $175.03 $62.47 – $109.59
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $670.80 $50.42 – $201.38
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $124.15 $48.73 – $139.66
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $205.94 $49.78 – $131.00
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $262.06 $54.14 – $165.16
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $50.42 – $55.73

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