Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial 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

$12,850.08

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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.

$16,062.60

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.

$109.35 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $287.77 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 $109.35 ↓ -99%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $117.34 ↓ -99%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $117.34 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $118.62 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $118.62 ↓ -99%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $118.62 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $118.62 ↓ -99%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $120.86 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $175.19 ↓ -99%
Security Health Plan Commercial $175.86 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $199.77 ↓ -98%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $206.10 ↓ -98%
Health Partners State Employees $206.87 ↓ -98%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $235.01 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Commercial $239.81 ↓ -98%
Medica Choice $263.79 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $266.98 ↓ -98%
Wellmark SD Commercial $274.98 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial $277.85 ↓ -98%
Ucare Commercial $280.92 ↓ -98%
Medica Elect $282.01 ↓ -98%
Healthez Commercial $287.77 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Commercial $287.77 ↓ -98%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $287.77 ↓ -98%

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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $12,473.57 $164.03 – $287.77
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $23,176.60 $89.16 – $386.91
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $12,473.57 $118.30 – $360.90
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $89.72 – $99.17

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