Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 5.0 cm - 12052 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

$672.00

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.

$840.00

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.

$287.28 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $756.00 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 $287.28 ↓ -57%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $308.28 ↓ -54%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $308.28 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $311.64 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $311.64 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $311.64 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $311.64 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $317.52 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $460.24 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $462.00 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $524.83 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $541.46 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $543.48 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $617.40 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $630.00 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $693.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $701.40 ↑ +4%
Wellmark SD Commercial $722.40 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $729.96 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $738.02 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $740.88 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $756.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $756.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $756.00 ↑ +13%

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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 5.0 cm - 12052 at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $747.20 $479.14 – $840.60
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $679.20 $176.74 – $764.10
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $600.00 $235.50 – $675.00
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $638.40 $272.92 – $718.20
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $552.00 $203.55 – $621.00
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $623.20 $345.49 – $701.10

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