Iron sucrose 20 mg iron/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$66.59

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.

$83.23

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.

$42.29 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $76.65 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 $42.29 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $45.34 ↓ -32%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $45.42 ↓ -32%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $45.42 ↓ -32%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $45.83 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $45.83 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $45.83 ↓ -31%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $45.83 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $46.74 ↓ -30%
Health Partners State Employees $53.33 ↓ -20%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $57.14 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $61.82 ↓ -7%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $65.15 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $67.22 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $67.43 ↑ +1%
Medica Choice $68.00 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $68.83 ↑ +3%
Wellmark PPO $70.89 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $71.63 ↑ +8%
Ucare Commercial $72.42 ↑ +9%
Medica Elect $72.70 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial $74.19 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Commercial $74.19 ↑ +11%
Healthez Commercial $74.19 ↑ +11%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $74.19 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $76.26 ↑ +15%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $76.65 ↑ +15%

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Iron sucrose 20 mg iron/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $162.68 $1.00 – $50.84
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $67.08 $26.06 – $74.69
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $66.40 $28.38 – $74.69
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $66.18 $28.29 – $74.45
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $66.61 $24.48 – $74.69

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