Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) X-ray (3 views) at Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center
300 S Byron Blvd, Chamberlain, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1134140825
$513.60
Cash price 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.
$642.00
Gross charge 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.
$219.56 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $577.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $219.56 | ↓ -57% |
| Wellmark SD | Medicare Replacement | $235.61 | ↓ -54% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $235.61 | ↓ -54% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $238.18 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $238.18 | ↓ -54% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $238.18 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $238.18 | ↓ -54% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $242.68 | ↓ -53% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $351.75 | ↓ -32% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $353.10 | ↓ -31% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $401.12 | ↓ -22% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Exchange True | $413.83 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $415.37 | ↓ -19% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $471.87 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $481.50 | ↓ -6% |
| Medica | Choice | $529.65 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $536.07 | ↑ +4% |
| Wellmark SD | Commercial | $552.12 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $557.90 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $564.06 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Elect | $566.24 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $577.80 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $577.80 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $577.80 | ↑ +13% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) X-ray (3 views) at other South-dakota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center | Clear Lake | $483.20 | $309.85 – $543.60 |
| Sanford USD Medical Center | Sioux Falls | $613.60 | $39.61 – $690.30 |
| Sanford Hospital Webster | Webster | $488.00 | $191.54 – $549.00 |
| Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center | Canton | $375.20 | $160.40 – $422.10 |
| Sanford Vermillion Hospital | Vermillion | $338.40 | $124.79 – $380.70 |
| Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center | Aberdeen | $493.60 | $101.02 – $555.30 |