Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl 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

$40.00

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.

$50.00

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.

$12.31 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $32.40 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 $12.31 ↓ -69%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $13.21 ↓ -67%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $13.21 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $13.36 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $13.36 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $13.36 ↓ -67%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $13.36 ↓ -67%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $13.61 ↓ -66%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $19.72 ↓ -51%
Security Health Plan Commercial $19.80 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $22.49 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $23.21 ↓ -42%
Health Partners State Employees $23.29 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $26.46 ↓ -34%
Health Partners Commercial $27.00 ↓ -33%
Medica Choice $29.70 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $30.06 ↓ -25%
Wellmark PPO $30.96 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $31.28 ↓ -22%
Ucare Commercial $31.63 ↓ -21%
Medica Elect $31.75 ↓ -21%
Multiplan Commercial $32.40 ↓ -19%
Healthez Commercial $32.40 ↓ -19%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $32.40 ↓ -19%

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Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $56.00 $35.91 – $63.00
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $79.20 $31.09 – $89.10
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $89.60 $12.31 – $32.40
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $34.40 $9.15 – $27.90
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $7.78 – $16.77
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $7.78 – $8.60

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