Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection 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

$136.60

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.

$170.74

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.

$39.06 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $70.80 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 $39.06 ↓ -71%
Security Health Plan Commercial $41.88 ↓ -69%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $41.95 ↓ -69%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $41.95 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $42.33 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $42.33 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $42.33 ↓ -69%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $42.33 ↓ -69%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $43.17 ↓ -68%
Health Partners State Employees $49.26 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $52.78 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Commercial $57.11 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $60.18 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $62.09 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $62.28 ↓ -54%
Medica Choice $62.82 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $63.58 ↓ -53%
Wellmark PPO $65.48 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial $66.17 ↓ -52%
Ucare Commercial $66.90 ↓ -51%
Medica Elect $67.16 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial $68.53 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Commercial $68.53 ↓ -50%
Healthez Commercial $68.53 ↓ -50%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $68.53 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $70.44 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $70.80 ↓ -48%

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Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $324.72 $1.00 – $26.10
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $97.95 $23.81 – $68.26
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $174.16 $26.06 – $68.59
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $127.03 $25.96 – $68.32
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $222.55 $22.37 – $68.25

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