Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$142.40

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.

$178.00

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.

$60.88 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $160.20 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 $60.88 ↓ -57%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $65.33 ↓ -54%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $65.33 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $66.04 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $66.04 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $66.04 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $66.04 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $67.28 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $97.53 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $97.90 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $111.21 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $114.74 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $115.17 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $130.83 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $133.50 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $146.85 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $148.63 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $153.08 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $154.68 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $156.39 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $157.00 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $160.20 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $160.20 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $160.20 ↑ +13%

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $66.40 $26.06 – $74.70
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $171.20 $42.75 – $112.50
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $84.80 $31.27 – $95.40
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $13.88 – $29.92
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $13.88 – $15.34

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