Ghs fb removal foot - deep - left 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

$3,394.40

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.

$4,243.00

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.

$312.24 with Sanford Health Plan vs $3,818.70 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 SD Exchange True $312.24 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $312.24 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $312.24 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $312.24 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $718.61 ↓ -79%
Health Partners State Employees $1,421.41 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,539.23 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,652.64 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Commercial $1,654.77 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,668.85 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,668.85 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,668.85 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,668.85 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,668.85 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,699.23 ↓ -50%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,699.23 ↓ -50%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,701.25 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,991.39 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $2,039.17 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,333.65 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $2,855.54 ↓ -16%
Medica Choice $2,859.78 ↓ -16%
Ucare Commercial $2,982.40 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $3,059.20 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $3,245.90 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,738.08 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $3,818.70 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $3,818.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3,818.70 ↑ +13%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $3,536.00 $1,387.88 – $3,978.00
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Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $3,110.40 $1,146.96 – $3,499.20
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