Brace wrist classic lft sm 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

$62.40

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.

$78.00

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.

$8.89 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $23.40 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 $8.89 ↓ -86%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $9.54 ↓ -85%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $9.54 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $9.65 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $9.65 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $9.65 ↓ -85%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $9.65 ↓ -85%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $9.83 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $14.25 ↓ -77%
Security Health Plan Commercial $14.30 ↓ -77%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $16.24 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $16.76 ↓ -73%
Health Partners State Employees $16.82 ↓ -73%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $19.11 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Commercial $19.50 ↓ -69%
Medica Choice $21.45 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $21.71 ↓ -65%
Wellmark PPO $22.36 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial $22.59 ↓ -64%
Ucare Commercial $22.84 ↓ -63%
Medica Elect $22.93 ↓ -63%
Multiplan Commercial $23.40 ↓ -63%
Healthez Commercial $23.40 ↓ -63%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $23.40 ↓ -63%

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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $81.60 $11.29 – $19.80
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $48.80 $6.91 – $19.80
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $72.80 $17.10 – $45.00
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $76.00 $13.87 – $42.30
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $52.12 $15.97 – $92.46

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