Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm 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

$84.00

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.

$105.00

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.

$4.02 with Health Partners vs $37.60 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 $4.02 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Commercial $4.68 ↓ -94%
Security Health Plan Commercial $6.60 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $8.08 ↓ -90%
Medica Choice $8.09 ↓ -90%
Ucare Commercial $8.43 ↓ -90%
Medica Elect $8.65 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $9.18 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial $10.57 ↓ -87%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $10.80 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Commercial $10.80 ↓ -87%
Healthez Commercial $10.80 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $28.41 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $29.56 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $29.56 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $29.56 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $29.90 ↓ -64%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $30.50 ↓ -64%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $30.80 ↓ -63%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $30.80 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $30.80 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $30.80 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $30.80 ↓ -63%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $31.40 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $33.64 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $34.71 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $37.60 ↓ -55%
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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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $32.00 $9.23 – $16.20
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $27.20 $6.59 – $18.90
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $210.40 $9.92 – $26.10
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $38.40 $7.18 – $18.90
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $72.00 $6.20 – $18.90
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $32.00 $9.29 – $41.86

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