Meropenem 1 gram 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

$80.40

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.

$100.49

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.

$26.16 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $68.85 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 $26.16 ↓ -67%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $28.08 ↓ -65%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $28.08 ↓ -65%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $28.38 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $28.38 ↓ -65%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $28.38 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $28.38 ↓ -65%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $28.92 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $41.91 ↓ -48%
Security Health Plan Commercial $42.08 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $47.80 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $49.31 ↓ -39%
Health Partners State Employees $49.50 ↓ -38%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $56.23 ↓ -30%
Health Partners Commercial $57.38 ↓ -29%
Medica Choice $63.11 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $63.88 ↓ -21%
Wellmark SD Commercial $65.79 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial $66.48 ↓ -17%
Ucare Commercial $67.21 ↓ -16%
Medica Elect $67.47 ↓ -16%
Healthez Commercial $68.85 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Commercial $68.85 ↓ -14%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $68.85 ↓ -14%

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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $68.04 $11.03 – $19.35
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $316.89 $1.00 – $352.51
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $64.87 $25.46 – $72.97
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $64.31 $26.59 – $69.98
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $64.72 $22.92 – $69.92

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