Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$395.75

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.

$494.68

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.

$1.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $358.25 with Multiplan — 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 $1.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $1.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1.00 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $105.29 ↓ -73%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $120.05 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $123.88 ↓ -69%
Health Partners State Employees $133.35 ↓ -66%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $141.23 ↓ -64%
Health Partners Commercial $155.24 ↓ -61%
Security Health Plan Commercial $218.93 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $267.89 ↓ -32%
Medica Choice $268.29 ↓ -32%
Ucare Commercial $279.80 ↓ -29%
Medica Elect $287.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial $304.52 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Commercial $350.69 ↓ -11%
Healthez Commercial $358.25 ↓ -9%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $358.25 ↓ -9%
Multiplan Commercial $358.25 ↓ -9%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —

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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $74.42 $40.89 – $71.74
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $83.55 $26.65 – $76.37
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $74.02 $28.31 – $74.50
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $71.68 $29.02 – $76.37
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $70.49 $24.42 – $74.50

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