Ghs sleep study unattended 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

$608.00

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.

$760.00

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.

$389.88 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $706.72 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 $389.88 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $418.00 ↓ -31%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $418.76 ↓ -31%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $418.76 ↓ -31%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $422.56 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $422.56 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $422.56 ↓ -31%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $422.56 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $430.92 ↓ -29%
Health Partners State Employees $491.72 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $526.83 ↓ -13%
Health Partners Commercial $570.00 ↓ -6%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $600.70 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $619.78 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $621.68 ↑ +2%
Medica Choice $627.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $634.60 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $653.60 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $660.44 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $667.74 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $670.32 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $684.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $684.00 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $684.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $684.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $703.15 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $706.72 ↑ +16%

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Ghs sleep study unattended at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $650.40 $69.23 – $731.70
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $608.00 $259.92 – $684.00
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $608.00 $259.92 – $684.00
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $608.00 $224.20 – $684.00
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $148.64 – $164.28

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