Als1-emergency 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

$1,412.80

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.

$1,766.00

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.

$574.90 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $1,512.90 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 $574.90 ↓ -59%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $616.93 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $616.93 ↓ -56%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $623.65 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $623.65 ↓ -56%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $623.65 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $623.65 ↓ -56%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $635.42 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $921.02 ↓ -35%
Security Health Plan Commercial $924.55 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,050.29 ↓ -26%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,083.57 ↓ -23%
Health Partners State Employees $1,087.61 ↓ -23%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,235.54 ↓ -13%
Health Partners Commercial $1,260.75 ↓ -11%
Medica Choice $1,386.83 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,403.64 ↓ -1%
Wellmark PPO $1,445.66 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial $1,460.79 ↑ +3%
Ucare Commercial $1,476.93 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $1,482.64 ↑ +5%
Healthez Commercial $1,512.90 ↑ +7%
Multiplan Commercial $1,512.90 ↑ +7%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,512.90 ↑ +7%

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Als1-emergency at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $1,534.40 $507.31 – $1,726.20

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