Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt 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

$144.80

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.

$181.00

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.

$6.70 with Health Partners vs $156.75 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 $6.70 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Commercial $7.80 ↓ -95%
Security Health Plan Commercial $11.00 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $13.46 ↓ -91%
Medica Choice $13.48 ↓ -91%
Ucare Commercial $14.06 ↓ -90%
Medica Elect $14.42 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $15.30 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.62 ↓ -88%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $18.00 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Commercial $18.00 ↓ -88%
Healthez Commercial $18.00 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $115.65 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $115.65 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $115.65 ↓ -20%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $118.43 ↓ -18%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $124.66 ↓ -14%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $127.15 ↓ -12%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $128.40 ↓ -11%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $128.40 ↓ -11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $128.40 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $128.40 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $128.40 ↓ -11%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $130.89 ↓ -10%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $140.25 ↓ -3%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $144.71 ↓ -0%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $156.75 ↑ +8%
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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Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $39.20 $17.96 – $31.50
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $40.00 $11.93 – $34.20
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $278.40 $22.57 – $59.40
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $60.00 $9.23 – $24.30
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $38.40 $14.16 – $43.20
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $236.00 $9.87 – $174.52

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