Shot (Injection into Muscle or Under the Skin) 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

$113.60

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.

$142.00

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.

$13.75 with Security Health Plan vs $88.60 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — 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
Security Health Plan Commercial $13.75 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $14.31 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $14.31 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $14.31 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $14.31 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $16.83 ↓ -85%
Medica Choice $16.85 ↓ -85%
Ucare Commercial $17.57 ↓ -85%
Medica Elect $18.03 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial $19.13 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Commercial $22.03 ↓ -81%
Healthez Commercial $22.50 ↓ -80%
Multiplan Commercial $22.50 ↓ -80%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $22.50 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $31.22 ↓ -73%
Health Partners State Employees $34.40 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Commercial $34.40 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $67.61 ↓ -40%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $72.59 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $73.31 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $73.31 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $73.31 ↓ -35%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $73.31 ↓ -35%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $73.31 ↓ -35%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $73.83 ↓ -35%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $73.83 ↓ -35%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $74.73 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $86.53 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $88.60 ↓ -22%
Wellmark HMO/PPO not published by hospital —

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Shot (Injection into Muscle or Under the Skin) at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $172.00 $12.83 – $22.50
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $118.40 $7.85 – $22.50
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $141.60 $8.55 – $22.50
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $124.00 $8.55 – $22.50
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $144.80 $7.38 – $22.50
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $126.40 $11.09 – $74.73

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