Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution 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

$137.96

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$172.45

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.

$58.98 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $155.21 with First Choice Health Network — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $58.98 ↓ -57%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $63.29 ↓ -54%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $63.29 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $63.98 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $63.98 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $63.98 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $63.98 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $65.19 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $94.49 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $94.85 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $107.75 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $111.16 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $111.58 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $126.75 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $129.34 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $142.27 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $144.00 ↑ +4%
Wellmark SD Commercial $148.31 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $149.86 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $151.51 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $152.10 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $155.21 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $155.21 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $155.21 ↑ +13%

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Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $316.20 $0.01 – $353.25
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $55.83 $21.91 – $62.80
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $100.56 $42.99 – $113.13
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $278.86 $66.74 – $203.61
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $0.01 – $0.01

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