Ghs somatosensory testing lower extremit 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

$1,670.40

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.

$2,088.00

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.

$139.12 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,376.10 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $139.12 ↓ -92%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $157.45 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $157.45 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $157.45 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $157.45 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $295.83 ↓ -82%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $317.63 ↓ -81%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $320.74 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $320.74 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $320.74 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $320.74 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $320.74 ↓ -81%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $326.97 ↓ -80%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $328.97 ↓ -80%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $328.97 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $385.53 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $394.78 ↓ -76%
Health Partners State Employees $512.22 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Commercial $596.31 ↓ -64%
Security Health Plan Commercial $840.95 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $1,029.02 ↓ -38%
Medica Choice $1,030.55 ↓ -38%
Ucare Commercial $1,074.73 ↓ -36%
Medica Elect $1,102.41 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial $1,169.69 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,347.05 ↓ -19%
Multiplan Commercial $1,376.10 ↓ -18%
Healthez Commercial $1,376.10 ↓ -18%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,376.10 ↓ -18%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —

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Ghs somatosensory testing lower extremit at other South-dakota hospitals

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Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $295.83 – $326.97

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