Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe 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

$127.20

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.

$159.00

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.

$36.94 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $97.20 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 $36.94 ↓ -71%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $39.64 ↓ -69%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $39.64 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $40.07 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $40.07 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $40.07 ↓ -68%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $40.07 ↓ -68%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $40.82 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $59.17 ↓ -53%
Security Health Plan Commercial $59.40 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $67.48 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $69.62 ↓ -45%
Health Partners State Employees $69.88 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $79.38 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Commercial $81.00 ↓ -36%
Medica Choice $89.10 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $90.18 ↓ -29%
Wellmark PPO $92.88 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial $93.85 ↓ -26%
Ucare Commercial $94.89 ↓ -25%
Medica Elect $95.26 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Commercial $97.20 ↓ -24%
Healthez Commercial $97.20 ↓ -24%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $97.20 ↓ -24%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $125.60 $55.40 – $97.20
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $175.20 $33.91 – $97.20
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $257.60 $36.94 – $97.20
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $135.20 $31.86 – $97.20
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $33.34 – $71.86
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $33.34 – $36.84

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