Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml 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

$200.00

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.

$250.00

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.

$27.65 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $72.76 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 $27.65 ↓ -86%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $29.67 ↓ -85%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $29.67 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $29.99 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $29.99 ↓ -85%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $29.99 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $29.99 ↓ -85%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $30.56 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $44.29 ↓ -78%
Security Health Plan Commercial $44.46 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $50.51 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan Exchange True $52.11 ↓ -74%
Health Partners State Employees $52.30 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $59.42 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Commercial $60.63 ↓ -70%
Medica Choice $66.69 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $67.50 ↓ -66%
Wellmark SD Commercial $69.52 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $70.25 ↓ -65%
Ucare Commercial $71.03 ↓ -64%
Medica Elect $71.30 ↓ -64%
Healthez Commercial $72.76 ↓ -64%
Multiplan Commercial $72.76 ↓ -64%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $72.76 ↓ -64%

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Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $232.39 $44.15 – $77.46
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $517.60 $1.00 – $254.57
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $94.88 $37.24 – $106.74
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $94.88 $29.44 – $77.46
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $247.42 $23.85 – $72.77

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