Inj triamcinolone ace X-ray 1mg 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

$1,716.05

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.

$2,145.06

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.

$17.13 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,930.55 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 State Employees $17.13 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $17.13 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $17.13 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $17.38 ↓ -99%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $18.66 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $18.85 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $18.85 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $18.85 ↓ -99%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $18.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $18.85 ↓ -99%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $19.21 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $20.02 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $20.02 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $20.02 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $20.02 ↓ -99%
Health Partners State Employees $718.60 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Commercial $836.57 ↓ -51%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,179.78 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $1,443.63 ↓ -16%
Medica Choice $1,445.77 ↓ -16%
Ucare Commercial $1,507.76 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $1,546.59 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $1,640.97 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,889.80 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $1,930.55 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $1,930.55 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,930.55 ↑ +12%
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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Inj triamcinolone ace X-ray 1mg at other South-dakota hospitals

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Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $17.38 – $19.21

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