Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx 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

$583.20

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.

$729.00

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.

$13.85 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $25.11 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 $13.85 ↓ -98%
Security Health Plan Commercial $14.85 ↓ -97%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $14.88 ↓ -97%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $14.88 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $15.01 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $15.01 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $15.01 ↓ -97%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $15.01 ↓ -97%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $15.31 ↓ -97%
Health Partners State Employees $17.47 ↓ -97%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $18.72 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Commercial $20.25 ↓ -97%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $21.34 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $22.02 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $22.09 ↓ -96%
Medica Choice $22.28 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $22.55 ↓ -96%
Wellmark PPO $23.22 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial $23.46 ↓ -96%
Ucare Commercial $23.72 ↓ -96%
Medica Elect $23.81 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial $24.30 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Commercial $24.30 ↓ -96%
Healthez Commercial $24.30 ↓ -96%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $24.30 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $24.98 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $25.11 ↓ -96%

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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $13,746.40 $1.00 – $62.10
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $282.40 $5.97 – $17.10
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $2,040.00 $13.68 – $36.00
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $343.20 $14.36 – $37.80
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $178.40 $15.05 – $45.90
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $2,616.00 $8.32 – $16.88

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