Warde 1006955 catecholamines fractionated 24 hour urine 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

$76.80

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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.

$96.00

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.

$37.45 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $67.88 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 $37.45 ↓ -51%
Security Health Plan Commercial $40.15 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $40.22 ↓ -48%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $40.22 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $40.59 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $40.59 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $40.59 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $40.59 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $41.39 ↓ -46%
Health Partners State Employees $47.23 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $50.60 ↓ -34%
Health Partners Commercial $54.75 ↓ -29%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $57.70 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $59.53 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $59.71 ↓ -22%
Medica Choice $60.23 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $60.96 ↓ -21%
Wellmark PPO $62.78 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial $63.44 ↓ -17%
Ucare Commercial $64.14 ↓ -16%
Medica Elect $64.39 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial $65.70 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Commercial $65.70 ↓ -14%
Healthez Commercial $65.70 ↓ -14%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $65.70 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $67.54 ↓ -12%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $67.88 ↓ -12%

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Warde 1006955 catecholamines fractionated 24 hour urine at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $81.60 $30.14 – $86.40
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $92.00 $32.83 – $86.40
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $84.00 $32.83 – $86.40
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $72.00 $24.19 – $73.80
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $23.99 – $51.71
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $23.99 – $26.51

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