Insertion peripherally inserted central venous catheter (picc) without port/pump/img gud >= 5 years 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

$2,626.40

Cash price

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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.

$3,283.00

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.

$92.87 with Sanford Health Plan vs $2,954.70 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 Group Health/True $92.87 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $92.87 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $92.87 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $92.87 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $709.86 ↓ -73%
Health Partners State Employees $1,099.81 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Commercial $1,280.37 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,475.77 ↓ -44%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,584.51 ↓ -40%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,600.04 ↓ -39%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,600.04 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,600.04 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,600.04 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,600.04 ↓ -39%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,631.11 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,678.52 ↓ -36%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,678.52 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,805.65 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,967.14 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $2,014.34 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $2,209.46 ↓ -16%
Medica Choice $2,212.74 ↓ -16%
Ucare Commercial $2,307.62 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $2,367.04 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $2,511.50 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,892.32 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $2,954.70 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $2,954.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,954.70 ↑ +13%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —

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Insertion peripherally inserted central venous catheter (picc) without port/pump/img gud >= 5 years at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $2,640.80 $1,693.41 – $2,970.90
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $1,348.00 $529.09 – $1,516.50
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $1,608.00 $687.42 – $1,809.00
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $2,530.40 $933.09 – $2,846.70
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $2,128.00 $1,179.71 – $2,394.00

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