Passy muir valve metal trach 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

$431.20

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.

$539.00

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.

$141.59 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $372.60 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 $141.59 ↓ -67%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $151.94 ↓ -65%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $151.94 ↓ -65%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $153.59 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $153.59 ↓ -64%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $153.59 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $153.59 ↓ -64%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $156.49 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $226.83 ↓ -47%
Security Health Plan Commercial $227.70 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $258.67 ↓ -40%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $266.86 ↓ -38%
Health Partners State Employees $267.86 ↓ -38%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $304.29 ↓ -29%
Health Partners Commercial $310.50 ↓ -28%
Medica Choice $341.55 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $345.69 ↓ -20%
Wellmark SD Commercial $356.04 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial $359.77 ↓ -17%
Ucare Commercial $363.74 ↓ -16%
Medica Elect $365.15 ↓ -15%
Healthez Commercial $372.60 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Commercial $372.60 ↓ -14%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $372.60 ↓ -14%

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Passy muir valve metal trach at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $259.20 $86.43 – $232.20
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $345.09 $183.50 – $372.38

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