Cardioversion (Scheduled Heart Rhythm Shock) at Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center

701 3rd Ave S, Clear Lake, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1851305296

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$1,820.00

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.

$2,275.00

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.

$1,167.08 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $2,115.52 with Sanford Health Plan — 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 $1,167.08 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,251.25 ↓ -31%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,253.53 ↓ -31%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $1,253.53 ↓ -31%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,264.90 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,264.90 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,264.90 ↓ -31%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,264.90 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,289.93 ↓ -29%
Health Partners State Employees $1,471.93 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,577.03 ↓ -13%
Health Partners Commercial $1,706.25 ↓ -6%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,798.16 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,855.26 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,860.95 ↑ +2%
Medica Choice $1,876.88 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,899.63 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $1,956.50 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $1,976.98 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,998.82 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $2,006.55 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $2,047.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $2,047.50 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $2,047.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,047.50 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $2,104.83 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $2,115.52 ↑ +16%

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Cardioversion (Scheduled Heart Rhythm Shock) at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $1,798.40 $105.85 – $1,207.80
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $1,888.00 $741.04 – $2,124.00
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $1,746.40 $746.59 – $1,964.70
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $1,685.60 $621.57 – $1,896.30
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $1,666.40 $621.66 – $1,874.70

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