Clsd tx iphal jnt disl w/manip req anes at Sanford Vermillion Hospital

20 S Plum St, Vermillion, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1790721280

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$960.00

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.

$1,200.00

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.

$354.00 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $1,080.00 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 Align Medicare Replacement $354.00 ↓ -63%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $364.80 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $391.20 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $396.00 ↓ -59%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $396.00 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $396.00 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $396.00 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $403.20 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $475.08 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $541.68 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $558.96 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $637.32 ↓ -34%
Security Health Plan Commercial $660.00 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $792.00 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Commercial $900.00 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $990.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $1,002.00 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $1,032.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $1,042.80 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,054.32 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $1,058.40 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $1,080.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,080.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,080.00 ↑ +13%

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Clsd tx iphal jnt disl w/manip req anes at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $1,059.20 $119.04 – $1,191.60
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $720.00 $282.60 – $810.00
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $1,061.60 $453.83 – $1,194.30
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $252.30 – $278.86

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