Susceptibility mic per plate 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

$158.40

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.

$198.00

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.

$17.44 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $45.90 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 $17.44 ↓ -89%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $18.72 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $18.72 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $18.92 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $18.92 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $18.92 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $18.92 ↓ -88%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $19.28 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $27.94 ↓ -82%
Security Health Plan Commercial $28.05 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $31.86 ↓ -80%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $32.87 ↓ -79%
Health Partners State Employees $33.00 ↓ -79%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $37.49 ↓ -76%
Health Partners Commercial $38.25 ↓ -76%
Medica Choice $42.08 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $42.59 ↓ -73%
Wellmark PPO $43.86 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial $44.32 ↓ -72%
Ucare Commercial $44.81 ↓ -72%
Medica Elect $44.98 ↓ -72%
Multiplan Commercial $45.90 ↓ -71%
Healthez Commercial $45.90 ↓ -71%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $45.90 ↓ -71%

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Susceptibility mic per plate at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $76.00 $48.74 – $85.50
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $72.80 $28.57 – $81.90
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $110.40 $20.52 – $54.00
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $147.20 $14.75 – $45.00
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $8.22 – $17.71
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $8.22 – $9.08

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