Vancomycin 750 mg intravenous solution 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

$78.04

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.

$97.55

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.

$29.38 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $77.31 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 $29.38 ↓ -62%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $31.53 ↓ -60%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $31.53 ↓ -60%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $31.87 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $31.87 ↓ -59%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $31.87 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $31.87 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $32.47 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $47.06 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $47.25 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $53.67 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $55.37 ↓ -29%
Health Partners State Employees $55.58 ↓ -29%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $63.14 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Commercial $64.43 ↓ -17%
Medica Choice $70.87 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $71.73 ↓ -8%
Wellmark SD Commercial $73.87 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $74.65 ↓ -4%
Ucare Commercial $75.47 ↓ -3%
Medica Elect $75.76 ↓ -3%
Healthez Commercial $77.31 ↓ -1%
Multiplan Commercial $77.31 ↓ -1%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $77.31 ↓ -1%

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Vancomycin 750 mg intravenous solution at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $87.49 $43.44 – $76.20
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $329.24 $105.28 – $358.25
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $78.02 $29.44 – $84.39
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $91.42 $28.95 – $76.19
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $91.36 $24.98 – $76.20

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