Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution 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

$154.40

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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.

$193.00

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.

$66.01 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $173.70 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 $66.01 ↓ -57%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $70.83 ↓ -54%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $70.83 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $71.60 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $71.60 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $71.60 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $71.60 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $72.95 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $105.74 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $106.15 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $120.59 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $124.41 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $124.87 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $141.86 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $144.75 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $159.23 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $161.16 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $165.98 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $167.72 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $169.57 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $170.23 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $173.70 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $173.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $173.70 ↑ +13%

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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $111.66 $39.85 – $69.91
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $319.00 $1.00 – $353.81
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $128.04 $50.26 – $144.05
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $139.76 $59.75 – $157.23
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $253.06 $23.45 – $71.53

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