Nm imaging cardiac blood pooling planar single study at rest or stress 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

$2,056.00

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.

$2,570.00

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.

$878.94 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $2,313.00 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

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 $878.94 ↓ -57%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $943.19 ↓ -54%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $943.19 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $953.47 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $953.47 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $953.47 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $953.47 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $971.46 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,408.10 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,413.50 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $1,605.74 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $1,656.62 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $1,662.79 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,888.95 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $1,927.50 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $2,120.25 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $2,145.95 ↑ +4%
Wellmark SD Commercial $2,210.20 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $2,233.33 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $2,258.00 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $2,266.74 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $2,313.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $2,313.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,313.00 ↑ +13%

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Nm imaging cardiac blood pooling planar single study at rest or stress at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $2,220.00 $182.81 – $2,497.50
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $2,072.80 $813.57 – $2,331.90
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $1,934.40 $826.96 – $2,176.20
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $1,359.20 $501.21 – $1,529.10
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $1,925.60 $381.74 – $2,166.30

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