Application of forearm cast 29075 at Sanford USD Medical Center

1305 W 18th St, Sioux Falls, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1821017880

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$341.60

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.

$427.00

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.

$62.91 with Sanford Health Plan vs $384.30 with Healthez — 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 Group Health/True $62.91 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $62.91 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $62.91 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $62.91 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $119.04 ↓ -65%
Health Partners State Employees $143.05 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Commercial $166.53 ↓ -51%
Security Health Plan Commercial $234.85 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $252.30 ↓ -26%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $270.89 ↓ -21%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $273.55 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $273.55 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $273.55 ↓ -20%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $273.55 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $273.55 ↓ -20%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $278.86 ↓ -18%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $281.47 ↓ -18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $281.47 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $287.37 ↓ -16%
Medica Choice $287.80 ↓ -16%
Ucare Commercial $300.14 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $307.87 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $326.66 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $329.88 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $337.79 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial $376.19 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $384.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $384.30 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $384.30 ↑ +13%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —

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Application of forearm cast 29075 at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $211.20 $82.90 – $237.60
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $366.40 $156.64 – $412.20
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $259.20 $110.81 – $291.60
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $256.80 $142.36 – $288.90

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