Vancomycin 750 mg intravenous solution 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

$87.49

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$109.36

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.

$43.44 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $78.73 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 $43.44 ↓ -50%
Security Health Plan Commercial $46.57 ↓ -47%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $46.65 ↓ -47%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $46.65 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $47.08 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $47.08 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $47.08 ↓ -46%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $47.08 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $48.01 ↓ -45%
Health Partners State Employees $54.78 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $58.69 ↓ -33%
Health Partners Commercial $63.50 ↓ -27%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $66.92 ↓ -24%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $69.05 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $69.26 ↓ -21%
Medica Choice $69.85 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $70.70 ↓ -19%
Wellmark PPO $72.82 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial $73.58 ↓ -16%
Ucare Commercial $74.39 ↓ -15%
Medica Elect $74.68 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial $76.20 ↓ -13%
Multiplan Commercial $76.20 ↓ -13%
Healthez Commercial $76.20 ↓ -13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $76.20 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $78.34 ↓ -10%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $78.73 ↓ -10%

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Vancomycin 750 mg intravenous solution at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $329.24 $105.28 – $358.25
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $78.02 $29.44 – $84.39
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $78.04 $29.38 – $77.31
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $91.42 $28.95 – $76.19
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $91.36 $24.98 – $76.20

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