Budesonide non-comp unit 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

$8.42

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.

$10.52

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.

$1.01 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $3.38 with First Choice Health Network — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1.01 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $1.01 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1.01 ↓ -88%
Health Partners State Employees $1.26 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Commercial $1.46 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1.47 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1.47 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1.47 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1.47 ↓ -83%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2.06 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $2.52 ↓ -70%
Medica Choice $2.53 ↓ -70%
Ucare Commercial $2.64 ↓ -69%
Medica Elect $2.70 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial $2.87 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Commercial $3.30 ↓ -61%
Multiplan Commercial $3.38 ↓ -60%
Healthez Commercial $3.38 ↓ -60%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3.38 ↓ -60%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —

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Budesonide non-comp unit at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $13.85 $5.01 – $8.78
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $19.61 $2.40 – $6.88
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $12.69 $1.93 – $5.08
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $7.41 $3.17 – $8.33
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $6.52 $2.28 – $6.97
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $17.21 $2.06 – $4.18

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