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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$427.20

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.

$534.00

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.

$182.63 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $480.60 with Multiplan — 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 $182.63 ↓ -57%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $195.98 ↓ -54%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $195.98 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $198.11 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $198.11 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $198.11 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $198.11 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $201.85 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $292.58 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $293.70 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $333.64 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $344.22 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $345.50 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $392.49 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $400.50 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $440.55 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $445.89 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $459.24 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $464.05 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $469.17 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $470.99 ↑ +10%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $480.60 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $480.60 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $480.60 ↑ +13%

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $348.00 $223.16 – $391.50
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $469.60 $27.30 – $528.30
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $379.20 $148.84 – $426.60
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $403.20 $172.37 – $453.60
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $307.20 $113.28 – $345.60
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $273.60 $148.64 – $307.80

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