Fluidotherapy charges pt 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

$146.40

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.

$183.00

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.

$14.56 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $153.00 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
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $14.56 ↓ -90%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $15.63 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $15.79 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $15.79 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $15.79 ↓ -89%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $15.79 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $15.79 ↓ -89%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $16.09 ↓ -89%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $16.98 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $16.98 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $16.98 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $16.98 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $22.40 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $22.40 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $22.40 ↓ -85%
Health Partners State Employees $56.95 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Commercial $66.30 ↓ -55%
Security Health Plan Commercial $93.50 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $114.41 ↓ -22%
Medica Choice $114.58 ↓ -22%
Ucare Commercial $119.49 ↓ -18%
Medica Elect $122.57 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $130.05 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Commercial $149.77 ↑ +2%
Multiplan Commercial $153.00 ↑ +5%
Healthez Commercial $153.00 ↑ +5%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $153.00 ↑ +5%
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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Fluidotherapy charges pt at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $144.00 $92.34 – $162.00
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $131.20 $51.50 – $147.60
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $154.40 $66.01 – $173.70
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $111.20 $47.54 – $125.10
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $117.60 $43.37 – $132.30
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $110.40 $14.56 – $124.20

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