Chest Physiotherapy (follow-up session) 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

$160.00

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.

$200.00

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.

$39.28 with Sanford Health Plan vs $180.00 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 $39.28 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $39.28 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $39.28 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $39.28 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $56.62 ↓ -65%
Health Partners State Employees $67.00 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Commercial $78.00 ↓ -51%
Security Health Plan Commercial $110.00 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $122.46 ↓ -23%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $131.48 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $132.77 ↓ -17%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $132.77 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $132.77 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $132.77 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $132.77 ↓ -17%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $133.88 ↓ -16%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $133.88 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $134.60 ↓ -16%
Medica Choice $134.80 ↓ -16%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $135.35 ↓ -15%
Ucare Commercial $140.58 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $144.20 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $153.00 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $156.91 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $160.67 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial $176.20 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $180.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $180.00 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $180.00 ↑ +13%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —

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Chest Physiotherapy (follow-up session) at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $160.00 $102.60 – $180.00
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $99.20 $38.94 – $111.60
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $154.40 $66.01 – $173.70
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $159.20 $68.06 – $179.10
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $117.60 $43.37 – $132.30
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $142.40 $78.94 – $160.20

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