Mayo myoglobin 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

$168.80

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.

$211.00

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.

$101.06 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $183.19 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 $101.06 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $108.35 ↓ -36%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $108.55 ↓ -36%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $108.55 ↓ -36%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $109.53 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $109.53 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $109.53 ↓ -35%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $109.53 ↓ -35%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $111.70 ↓ -34%
Health Partners State Employees $127.46 ↓ -24%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $136.56 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Commercial $147.75 ↓ -12%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $155.71 ↓ -8%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $160.65 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $161.15 ↓ -5%
Medica Choice $162.53 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $164.50 ↓ -3%
Wellmark PPO $169.42 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial $171.19 ↑ +1%
Ucare Commercial $173.08 ↑ +3%
Medica Elect $173.75 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial $177.30 ↑ +5%
Multiplan Commercial $177.30 ↑ +5%
Healthez Commercial $177.30 ↑ +5%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $177.30 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $182.26 ↑ +8%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $183.19 ↑ +9%

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Mayo myoglobin at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $217.60 $70.34 – $201.60
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $119.20 $50.96 – $134.10
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $128.80 $42.07 – $110.70
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $105.60 $25.08 – $76.50
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $12.27 – $26.46
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $12.27 – $13.57

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