Inj, clindamycin (baxter) 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

$137.88

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.

$172.35

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.

$47.25 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $124.34 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 $47.25 ↓ -66%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $50.70 ↓ -63%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $50.70 ↓ -63%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $51.26 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $51.26 ↓ -63%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $51.26 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $51.26 ↓ -63%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $52.22 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $75.70 ↓ -45%
Security Health Plan Commercial $75.99 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $86.32 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $89.06 ↓ -35%
Health Partners State Employees $89.39 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $101.55 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Commercial $103.62 ↓ -25%
Medica Choice $113.98 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $115.36 ↓ -16%
Wellmark SD Commercial $118.82 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial $120.06 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $121.39 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $121.86 ↓ -12%
Healthez Commercial $124.34 ↓ -10%
Multiplan Commercial $124.34 ↓ -10%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $124.34 ↓ -10%

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Inj, clindamycin (baxter) at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $155.59 $61.07 – $175.03
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $2.19 – $2.19

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