Mycophenolic acid 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

$9.48

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.

$11.85

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.

$2.68 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $7.06 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 $2.68 ↓ -72%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $2.88 ↓ -70%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $2.88 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $2.91 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $2.91 ↓ -69%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $2.91 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $2.91 ↓ -69%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $2.96 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $4.30 ↓ -55%
Security Health Plan Commercial $4.31 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $4.90 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $5.05 ↓ -47%
Health Partners State Employees $5.07 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $5.76 ↓ -39%
Health Partners Commercial $5.88 ↓ -38%
Medica Choice $6.47 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $6.55 ↓ -31%
Wellmark SD Commercial $6.74 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial $6.81 ↓ -28%
Ucare Commercial $6.89 ↓ -27%
Medica Elect $6.91 ↓ -27%
Healthez Commercial $7.06 ↓ -26%
Multiplan Commercial $7.06 ↓ -26%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $7.06 ↓ -26%

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Mycophenolic acid at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $6.00 $0.35 – $1.21
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $1.20 $0.51 – $1.35

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