Collar cerv ascend 172 reg 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

$299.20

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.

$374.00

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.

$32.49 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $85.50 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 $32.49 ↓ -89%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $34.87 ↓ -88%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $34.87 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $35.25 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $35.25 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $35.25 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $35.25 ↓ -88%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $35.91 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $52.05 ↓ -83%
Security Health Plan Commercial $52.25 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $59.36 ↓ -80%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $61.24 ↓ -80%
Health Partners State Employees $61.47 ↓ -79%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $69.83 ↓ -77%
Health Partners Commercial $71.25 ↓ -76%
Medica Choice $78.38 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $79.33 ↓ -73%
Wellmark SD Commercial $81.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial $82.56 ↓ -72%
Ucare Commercial $83.47 ↓ -72%
Medica Elect $83.79 ↓ -72%
Healthez Commercial $85.50 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Commercial $85.50 ↓ -71%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $85.50 ↓ -71%

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Collar cerv ascend 172 reg at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $54.40 $34.88 – $61.20
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $364.80 $6.70 – $156.01
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $48.00 $17.27 – $49.50
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $105.60 $45.14 – $118.80
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $65.60 $24.19 – $73.80
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $224.11 $30.16 – $200.24

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