Warde zinc 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.

$11.29 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $29.70 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 $11.29 ↓ -72%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $12.11 ↓ -70%
Wellmark Medicare Replacement $12.11 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $12.24 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $12.24 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $12.24 ↓ -69%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $12.24 ↓ -69%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $12.47 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $18.08 ↓ -55%
Security Health Plan Commercial $18.15 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $20.62 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $21.27 ↓ -47%
Health Partners State Employees $21.35 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $24.26 ↓ -39%
Health Partners Commercial $24.75 ↓ -38%
Medica Choice $27.23 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $27.56 ↓ -31%
Wellmark PPO $28.38 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial $28.68 ↓ -28%
Ucare Commercial $28.99 ↓ -28%
Medica Elect $29.11 ↓ -27%
Multiplan Commercial $29.70 ↓ -26%
Healthez Commercial $29.70 ↓ -26%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $29.70 ↓ -26%

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Warde zinc at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $40.00 $16.93 – $29.70
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $40.00 $10.36 – $29.70
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $26.40 $11.29 – $29.70
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $34.40 $8.26 – $25.20
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $10.82 – $23.33
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $10.82 – $11.96

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