Gentamicin 10 mg/ml liquid compound - enteral use only 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

$86.05

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.

$107.56

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.

$38.77 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $70.28 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 $38.77 ↓ -55%
Security Health Plan Commercial $41.57 ↓ -52%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $41.64 ↓ -52%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $41.64 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $42.02 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $42.02 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $42.02 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $42.02 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $42.85 ↓ -50%
Health Partners State Employees $48.90 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $52.39 ↓ -39%
Health Partners Commercial $56.69 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $59.74 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $61.64 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $61.82 ↓ -28%
Medica Choice $62.35 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $63.11 ↓ -27%
Wellmark PPO $65.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial $65.68 ↓ -24%
Ucare Commercial $66.40 ↓ -23%
Medica Elect $66.66 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial $68.02 ↓ -21%
Multiplan Commercial $68.02 ↓ -21%
Healthez Commercial $68.02 ↓ -21%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $68.02 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $69.93 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $70.28 ↓ -18%

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Gentamicin 10 mg/ml liquid compound - enteral use only at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $329.03 $1.00 – $36.90
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $56.35 $22.12 – $63.39
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $109.77 $25.85 – $68.02
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $61.31 $26.21 – $68.97
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $181.31 $22.61 – $68.97

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