IV Fluids (first hour) at Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center
440 N Hiawatha Dr, Canton, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1740244540
$476.00
Cash price 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.
$595.00
Gross charge 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.
$200.07 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $526.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $200.07 | ↓ -58% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $214.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellmark | Medicare Replacement | $214.70 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $217.04 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $217.04 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $217.04 | ↓ -54% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $217.04 | ↓ -54% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $221.13 | ↓ -54% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $320.52 | ↓ -33% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $321.75 | ↓ -32% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $365.51 | ↓ -23% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $377.09 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $378.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $429.98 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $438.75 | ↓ -8% |
| Medica | Choice | $482.63 | ↑ +1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $488.48 | ↑ +3% |
| Wellmark | PPO | $503.10 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $508.37 | ↑ +7% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $513.98 | ↑ +8% |
| Medica | Elect | $515.97 | ↑ +8% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $526.50 | ↑ +11% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $526.50 | ↑ +11% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $526.50 | ↑ +11% |
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IV Fluids (first hour) at other South-dakota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center | Clear Lake | $530.40 | $340.12 – $596.70 |
| Sanford USD Medical Center | Sioux Falls | $490.40 | $32.29 – $551.70 |
| Sanford Hospital Webster | Webster | $372.00 | $146.01 – $418.50 |
| Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center | Chamberlain | $370.40 | $158.35 – $416.70 |
| Sanford Vermillion Hospital | Vermillion | $425.60 | $138.65 – $423.00 |
| Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center | Aberdeen | $461.60 | $200.16 – $519.30 |