Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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

$558.40

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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.

$698.00

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.

$132.87 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $240.84 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 $132.87 ↓ -76%
Security Health Plan Commercial $142.45 ↓ -74%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $142.71 ↓ -74%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $142.71 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $144.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $144.00 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $144.00 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $144.00 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $146.85 ↓ -74%
Health Partners State Employees $167.57 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $179.54 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Commercial $194.25 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $204.71 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $211.21 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $211.86 ↓ -62%
Medica Choice $213.68 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $216.27 ↓ -61%
Wellmark PPO $222.74 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial $225.07 ↓ -60%
Ucare Commercial $227.56 ↓ -59%
Medica Elect $228.44 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial $233.10 ↓ -58%
Multiplan Commercial $233.10 ↓ -58%
Healthez Commercial $233.10 ↓ -58%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $233.10 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $239.63 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $240.84 ↓ -57%

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Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $224.80 $77.89 – $377.71
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $180.80 $70.96 – $203.40
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $353.60 $151.16 – $397.80
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $224.80 $96.10 – $252.90
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $241.60 $65.79 – $200.70
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $558.40 $309.56 – $628.20

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