Warde 1003990 aldosterone 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

$184.00

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.

$230.00

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.

$45.49 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $119.70 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 $45.49 ↓ -75%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $48.81 ↓ -73%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $48.81 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $49.34 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $49.34 ↓ -73%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $49.34 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $49.34 ↓ -73%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $50.27 ↓ -73%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $72.87 ↓ -60%
Security Health Plan Commercial $73.15 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $83.10 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $85.73 ↓ -53%
Health Partners State Employees $86.05 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $97.76 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Commercial $99.75 ↓ -46%
Medica Choice $109.73 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $111.06 ↓ -40%
Wellmark SD Commercial $114.38 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial $115.58 ↓ -37%
Ucare Commercial $116.85 ↓ -36%
Medica Elect $117.31 ↓ -36%
Healthez Commercial $119.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan Commercial $119.70 ↓ -35%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $119.70 ↓ -35%

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Warde 1003990 aldosterone at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $323.20 $102.60 – $180.00
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $386.40 $39.56 – $113.40
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $264.00 $43.78 – $115.20
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $197.60 $38.65 – $117.90
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $38.71 – $83.45
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $38.71 – $42.79

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