Bladder Catheter Insertion (simple) at Sanford Vermillion Hospital
20 S Plum St, Vermillion, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1790721280
$236.80
Cash price 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.
$296.00
Gross charge 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.
$87.32 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $266.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $87.32 | ↓ -63% |
| Wellmark SD | Medicare Replacement | $89.98 | ↓ -62% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $96.50 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $97.68 | ↓ -59% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $97.68 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $97.68 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $97.68 | ↓ -59% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $99.46 | ↓ -58% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $117.19 | ↓ -51% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $133.61 | ↓ -44% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $137.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $157.21 | ↓ -34% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $162.80 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $195.36 | ↓ -18% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $222.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Medica | Choice | $244.20 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial +20 | $247.16 | ↑ +4% |
| Wellmark | PPO | $254.56 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $257.22 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $260.07 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Elect | $261.07 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $266.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $266.40 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $266.40 | ↑ +13% |
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Bladder Catheter Insertion (simple) at other South-dakota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center | Clear Lake | $273.60 | $175.45 – $307.80 |
| Sanford USD Medical Center | Sioux Falls | $264.80 | $24.97 – $297.90 |
| Sanford Hospital Webster | Webster | $204.00 | $80.07 – $229.50 |
| Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center | Chamberlain | $276.80 | $118.33 – $311.40 |
| Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center | Canton | $289.60 | $123.80 – $325.80 |
| Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center | Aberdeen | $199.20 | $110.43 – $224.10 |