Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution 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

$66.31

Cash price

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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.

$82.88

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.

$27.18 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $71.52 with First Choice Health Network — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $27.18 ↓ -59%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $29.17 ↓ -56%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $29.17 ↓ -56%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $29.48 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $29.48 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $29.48 ↓ -56%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $29.48 ↓ -56%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $30.04 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $43.54 ↓ -34%
Security Health Plan Commercial $43.71 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $49.65 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $51.23 ↓ -23%
Health Partners State Employees $51.42 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $58.41 ↓ -12%
Health Partners Commercial $59.60 ↓ -10%
Medica Choice $65.56 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $66.36 ↑ +0%
Wellmark PPO $68.34 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial $69.06 ↑ +4%
Ucare Commercial $69.82 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $70.09 ↑ +6%
Multiplan Commercial $71.52 ↑ +8%
Healthez Commercial $71.52 ↑ +8%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $71.52 ↑ +8%

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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $65.71 $39.87 – $69.94
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $343.80 $0.20 – $351.18
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $93.92 $24.10 – $69.07
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $94.38 $26.25 – $69.07
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $91.09 $22.64 – $69.07
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $0.20 – $0.22

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