Hallus-valgus nt dyn pre ots 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

$9.60

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.

$12.00

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 $66.20 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 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Commercial $4.68 ↓ -51%
Security Health Plan Commercial $6.60 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $8.08 ↓ -16%
Medica Choice $8.09 ↓ -16%
Ucare Commercial $8.43 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $8.65 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $9.18 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $10.57 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $10.80 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $10.80 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $10.80 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $48.36 ↑ +404%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $48.36 ↑ +404%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $48.36 ↑ +404%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $50.02 ↑ +421%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $52.65 ↑ +448%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $53.70 ↑ +459%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $54.23 ↑ +465%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $54.23 ↑ +465%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $54.23 ↑ +465%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $54.23 ↑ +465%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $54.23 ↑ +465%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $55.28 ↑ +476%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $59.24 ↑ +517%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $61.12 ↑ +537%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $66.20 ↑ +590%
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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Hallus-valgus nt dyn pre ots at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $58.94 – $65.14

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