Triglycerides 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

$72.00

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.

$90.00

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.

$12.31 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $32.40 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 $12.31 ↓ -83%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $13.21 ↓ -82%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $13.21 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $13.36 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $13.36 ↓ -81%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $13.36 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $13.36 ↓ -81%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $13.61 ↓ -81%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $19.72 ↓ -73%
Security Health Plan Commercial $19.80 ↓ -73%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $22.49 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $23.21 ↓ -68%
Health Partners State Employees $23.29 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $26.46 ↓ -63%
Health Partners Commercial $27.00 ↓ -63%
Medica Choice $29.70 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $30.06 ↓ -58%
Wellmark SD Commercial $30.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial $31.28 ↓ -57%
Ucare Commercial $31.63 ↓ -56%
Medica Elect $31.75 ↓ -56%
Healthez Commercial $32.40 ↓ -55%
Multiplan Commercial $32.40 ↓ -55%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $32.40 ↓ -55%

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Triglycerides at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $65.60 $42.07 – $73.80
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $58.40 $22.92 – $65.70
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $28.80 $11.97 – $31.50
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $36.80 $9.15 – $27.90
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $5.45 – $11.75
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $5.45 – $6.03

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