Myocrd img pet rst&strs CT 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

$7,006.40

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.

$8,758.00

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.

$1,045.83 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $7,882.20 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 $1,045.83 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $2,137.98 ↓ -69%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $2,295.51 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $2,316.49 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $2,318.02 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $2,318.02 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $2,318.02 ↓ -67%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $2,318.02 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $2,318.02 ↓ -67%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $2,363.03 ↓ -66%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $2,475.55 ↓ -65%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $2,475.55 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $2,641.41 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $2,725.49 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $2,898.20 ↓ -59%
Health Partners State Employees $2,933.93 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $2,967.74 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $3,107.34 ↓ -56%
Health Partners Commercial $3,415.62 ↓ -51%
Security Health Plan Commercial $4,816.90 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $5,894.13 ↓ -16%
Medica Choice $5,902.89 ↓ -16%
Ucare Commercial $6,156.00 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $6,314.52 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $6,699.87 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,715.80 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $7,882.20 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $7,882.20 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $7,882.20 ↑ +13%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital

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Myocrd img pet rst&strs CT at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $2,137.98 – $2,363.03

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