Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i 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

$56,256.80

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.

$70,321.00

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.

$325.88 with Sanford Health Plan vs $63,288.90 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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $325.88 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $325.88 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $325.88 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $325.88 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $12,882.40 ↓ -77%
Health Partners State Employees $23,557.54 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $27,006.91 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Commercial $27,425.19 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $28,996.90 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $29,281.18 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $29,281.18 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $29,281.18 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $29,281.18 ↓ -48%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $29,281.18 ↓ -48%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $29,849.75 ↓ -47%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $30,461.72 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $30,461.72 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $35,699.53 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $36,556.11 ↓ -35%
Security Health Plan Commercial $38,676.55 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $47,326.03 ↓ -16%
Medica Choice $47,396.35 ↓ -16%
Ucare Commercial $49,428.63 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $50,701.44 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $53,795.57 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $61,952.80 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $63,288.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $63,288.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $63,288.90 ↑ +13%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —

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Ins/rpl wireless pulm art sensor incl s&i at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $27,006.91 – $29,849.75

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