Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$65.43

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.

$81.78

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.

$26.79 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $70.50 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 $26.79 ↓ -59%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $28.75 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $28.75 ↓ -56%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $29.06 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $29.06 ↓ -56%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $29.06 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $29.06 ↓ -56%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $29.61 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $42.92 ↓ -34%
Security Health Plan Commercial $43.08 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $48.94 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $50.49 ↓ -23%
Health Partners State Employees $50.68 ↓ -23%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $57.57 ↓ -12%
Health Partners Commercial $58.75 ↓ -10%
Medica Choice $64.62 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $65.41 ↓ -0%
Wellmark SD Commercial $67.36 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial $68.07 ↑ +4%
Ucare Commercial $68.82 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $69.09 ↑ +6%
Healthez Commercial $70.50 ↑ +8%
Multiplan Commercial $70.50 ↑ +8%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $70.50 ↑ +8%

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Triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $67.01 $40.00 – $70.17
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $318.09 $1.00 – $352.07
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $65.65 $24.19 – $69.35
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $61.42 $26.26 – $69.09
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $66.96 $23.00 – $70.17

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