Pr removal drug delivery implant 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

$1,069.60

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.

$1,337.00

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.

$72.57 with Sanford Health Plan vs $917.10 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 $72.57 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $72.57 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $72.57 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $72.57 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $176.60 ↓ -83%
Health Partners State Employees $341.37 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $379.09 ↓ -65%
Health Partners Commercial $397.41 ↓ -63%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $407.02 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $411.01 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $411.01 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $411.01 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $411.01 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $411.01 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $417.59 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $417.59 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $418.99 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $489.39 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $501.13 ↓ -53%
Security Health Plan Commercial $560.45 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $685.79 ↓ -36%
Medica Choice $686.81 ↓ -36%
Ucare Commercial $716.26 ↓ -33%
Medica Elect $734.70 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial $779.54 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Commercial $897.74 ↓ -16%
Multiplan Commercial $917.10 ↓ -14%
Healthez Commercial $917.10 ↓ -14%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $917.10 ↓ -14%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —

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Pr removal drug delivery implant at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $714.40 $305.41 – $803.70
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $379.09 – $418.99

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