Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe 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

$471.48

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.

$589.34

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.

$302.33 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $548.03 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 $302.33 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $324.14 ↓ -31%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $324.73 ↓ -31%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $324.73 ↓ -31%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $327.67 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $327.67 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $327.67 ↓ -31%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $327.67 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $334.16 ↓ -29%
Health Partners State Employees $381.30 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $408.53 ↓ -13%
Health Partners Commercial $442.01 ↓ -6%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $465.81 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $480.61 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $482.08 ↑ +2%
Medica Choice $486.21 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $492.10 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $506.83 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $512.14 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $517.79 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $519.80 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $530.41 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $530.41 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $530.41 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $530.41 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $545.26 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $548.03 ↑ +16%

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Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $379.20 $20.16 – $423.50
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $89.96 $35.31 – $101.21
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $636.66 $126.25 – $332.24
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $903.20 $386.12 – $1,016.10
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $557.56 $28.50 – $86.96
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $28.51 – $31.51

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