Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis 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

$348.80

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.

$436.00

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.

$149.11 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $392.40 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 $149.11 ↓ -57%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $160.01 ↓ -54%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $160.01 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $161.76 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $161.76 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $161.76 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $161.76 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $164.81 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $238.88 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $239.80 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $272.41 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $281.05 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $282.09 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $320.46 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $327.00 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $359.70 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $364.06 ↑ +4%
Wellmark SD Commercial $374.96 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $378.88 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $383.07 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $384.55 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $392.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $392.40 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $392.40 ↑ +13%

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Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $351.20 $94.54 – $395.10
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $333.60 $123.02 – $375.30
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $330.40 $183.17 – $371.70

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