Amiodarone 150 mg/100 ml (1.5 mg/ml) in dextrose, iso-osmotic IV 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

$130.12

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$162.65

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.

$54.87 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $144.41 with First Choice Health Network — 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 $54.87 ↓ -58%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $58.89 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $58.89 ↓ -55%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $59.53 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $59.53 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $59.53 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $59.53 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $60.65 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $87.91 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $88.25 ↓ -32%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $100.25 ↓ -23%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $103.43 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $103.81 ↓ -20%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $117.93 ↓ -9%
Health Partners Commercial $120.34 ↓ -8%
Medica Choice $132.37 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $133.98 ↑ +3%
Wellmark PPO $137.99 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $139.43 ↑ +7%
Ucare Commercial $140.97 ↑ +8%
Medica Elect $141.52 ↑ +9%
Multiplan Commercial $144.41 ↑ +11%
Healthez Commercial $144.41 ↑ +11%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $144.41 ↑ +11%

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Amiodarone 150 mg/100 ml (1.5 mg/ml) in dextrose, iso-osmotic IV at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $150.55 $89.51 – $157.03
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $325.60 $3.92 – $362.70
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $114.96 $40.82 – $117.00
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $186.20 $74.91 – $197.14
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $239.98 $84.45 – $257.64

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