Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day 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

$3,318.40

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.

$4,148.00

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.

$346.86 with Sanford Health Plan vs $3,733.20 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 $346.86 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $346.86 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $346.86 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $346.86 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $629.38 ↓ -81%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,240.21 ↓ -63%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,331.59 ↓ -60%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,344.64 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,344.64 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,344.64 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,344.64 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,344.64 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,370.75 ↓ -59%
Health Partners State Employees $1,389.58 ↓ -58%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,488.22 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,488.22 ↓ -55%
Health Partners Commercial $1,617.72 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,744.12 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $1,785.97 ↓ -46%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,281.40 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $2,791.60 ↓ -16%
Medica Choice $2,795.75 ↓ -16%
Ucare Commercial $2,915.63 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $2,990.71 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $3,173.22 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,654.39 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $3,733.20 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $3,733.20 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3,733.20 ↑ +13%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —

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Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $2,736.00 $1,169.64 – $3,078.00
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $2,688.80 $1,149.46 – $3,024.90
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $2,669.60 $1,240.21 – $3,003.30

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