Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention 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

$2,408.80

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.

$3,011.00

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.

$174.76 with Sanford Health Plan vs $2,709.90 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 Commercial/ND Pers $174.76 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $174.76 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $174.76 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $174.76 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $239.57 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $511.36 ↓ -79%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $549.04 ↓ -77%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $554.42 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $554.42 ↓ -77%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $554.42 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $554.42 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $554.42 ↓ -77%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $565.18 ↓ -77%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $566.49 ↓ -76%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $566.49 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $663.90 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $679.83 ↓ -72%
Health Partners State Employees $1,008.69 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Commercial $1,174.29 ↓ -51%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,656.05 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $2,026.40 ↓ -16%
Medica Choice $2,029.41 ↓ -16%
Ucare Commercial $2,116.43 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $2,170.93 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $2,303.42 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,652.69 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $2,709.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $2,709.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,709.90 ↑ +13%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —

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Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $2,236.00 $1,433.84 – $2,515.50
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $2,226.40 $873.86 – $2,504.70
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $2,032.80 $869.02 – $2,286.90
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $1,824.80 $780.10 – $2,052.90
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $2,091.20 $771.13 – $2,352.60
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $2,126.40 $511.36 – $2,392.20

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