Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$168.48

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.

$210.59

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.

$59.49 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $156.56 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 $59.49 ↓ -65%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $63.84 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $63.84 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $64.54 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $64.54 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $64.54 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $64.54 ↓ -62%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $65.75 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $95.31 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $95.67 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $108.68 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $112.13 ↓ -33%
Health Partners State Employees $112.55 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $127.85 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $130.46 ↓ -23%
Medica Choice $143.51 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $145.25 ↓ -14%
Wellmark SD Commercial $149.60 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial $151.16 ↓ -10%
Ucare Commercial $152.83 ↓ -9%
Medica Elect $153.42 ↓ -9%
Healthez Commercial $156.56 ↓ -7%
Multiplan Commercial $156.56 ↓ -7%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $156.56 ↓ -7%

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Dopamine 40 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $132.83 $69.93 – $122.69
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $325.60 $1.00 – $351.80
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $99.24 $38.95 – $111.65
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $124.40 $53.18 – $139.95
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $188.68 $69.58 – $212.27

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