Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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

$338.20

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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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$422.75

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.

$2.18 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $351.50 with Multiplan — 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

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 $2.18 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $2.18 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $2.18 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $103.30 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $117.79 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $121.54 ↓ -64%
Health Partners State Employees $130.83 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $138.57 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Commercial $152.31 ↓ -55%
Security Health Plan Commercial $214.80 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $262.84 ↓ -22%
Medica Choice $263.23 ↓ -22%
Ucare Commercial $274.52 ↓ -19%
Medica Elect $281.59 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial $298.77 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Commercial $344.07 ↑ +2%
Healthez Commercial $351.50 ↑ +4%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $351.50 ↑ +4%
Multiplan Commercial $351.50 ↑ +4%
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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Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $62.03 $39.33 – $69.00
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $75.44 $21.72 – $62.26
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $62.65 $26.25 – $69.08
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $126.20 $26.30 – $69.22
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $189.64 $22.69 – $69.22

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