External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$479.20

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.

$599.00

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.

$190.49 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $501.30 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 $190.49 ↓ -60%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $204.42 ↓ -57%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $204.42 ↓ -57%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $206.65 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $206.65 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $206.65 ↓ -57%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $206.65 ↓ -57%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $210.55 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $305.18 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $306.35 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $348.01 ↓ -27%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $359.04 ↓ -25%
Health Partners State Employees $360.38 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $409.40 ↓ -15%
Health Partners Commercial $417.75 ↓ -13%
Medica Choice $459.53 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $465.10 ↓ -3%
Wellmark PPO $479.02 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial $484.03 ↑ +1%
Ucare Commercial $489.38 ↑ +2%
Medica Elect $491.27 ↑ +3%
Multiplan Commercial $501.30 ↑ +5%
Healthez Commercial $501.30 ↑ +5%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $501.30 ↑ +5%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $520.80 $318.06 – $558.00
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $445.60 $136.56 – $501.30
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $581.60 $248.63 – $654.30
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $480.80 $136.56 – $540.90

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