Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center

300 S Byron Blvd, Chamberlain, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1134140825

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$141.60

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.

$177.00

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.

$60.53 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $159.30 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 $60.53 ↓ -57%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $64.96 ↓ -54%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $64.96 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $65.67 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $65.67 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $65.67 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $65.67 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $66.91 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $96.98 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $97.35 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $110.59 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $114.09 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $114.52 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $130.10 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $132.75 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $146.03 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $147.80 ↑ +4%
Wellmark SD Commercial $152.22 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $153.81 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $155.51 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $156.11 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $159.30 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $159.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $159.30 ↑ +13%

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Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $109.60 $70.28 – $123.30
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $96.80 $37.99 – $108.90
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $49.60 $21.20 – $55.80
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $43.20 $15.93 – $48.60
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $5.49 – $11.84
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $5.49 – $6.07

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