Mayo thyroglobulin 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

$147.20

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.

$184.00

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.

$19.49 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $51.30 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 $19.49 ↓ -87%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $20.92 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $20.92 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $21.15 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $21.15 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $21.15 ↓ -86%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $21.15 ↓ -86%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $21.55 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $31.23 ↓ -79%
Security Health Plan Commercial $31.35 ↓ -79%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $35.61 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $36.74 ↓ -75%
Health Partners State Employees $36.88 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $41.90 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Commercial $42.75 ↓ -71%
Medica Choice $47.03 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $47.60 ↓ -68%
Wellmark PPO $49.02 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial $49.53 ↓ -66%
Ucare Commercial $50.08 ↓ -66%
Medica Elect $50.27 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Commercial $51.30 ↓ -65%
Healthez Commercial $51.30 ↓ -65%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $51.30 ↓ -65%

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Mayo thyroglobulin at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $57.60 $29.24 – $51.30
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $96.00 $17.90 – $51.30
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $202.40 $19.49 – $51.30
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $164.00 $16.52 – $50.40
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $15.26 – $32.89
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $15.26 – $16.86

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