Cid ext speech process repl 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

$16,000.00

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.

$20,000.00

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.

$3,015.00 with Health Partners vs $10,655.56 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
Health Partners State Employees $3,015.00 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Commercial $3,510.00 ↓ -78%
Security Health Plan Commercial $4,950.00 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $6,057.00 ↓ -62%
Medica Choice $6,066.00 ↓ -62%
Ucare Commercial $6,326.10 ↓ -60%
Medica Elect $6,489.00 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $6,885.00 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,929.00 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $7,990.26 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $7,990.26 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $7,990.26 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $8,050.57 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Commercial $8,100.00 ↓ -49%
Healthez Commercial $8,100.00 ↓ -49%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $8,100.00 ↓ -49%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $8,474.28 ↓ -47%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $8,643.77 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $8,728.51 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $8,728.51 ↓ -45%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $8,728.51 ↓ -45%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $8,728.51 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $8,728.51 ↓ -45%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $8,897.99 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $9,534.41 ↓ -40%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $9,836.94 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $10,655.56 ↓ -33%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital

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Cid ext speech process repl at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $9,631.79 – $10,645.67

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