Complement antigen each component c3 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

$74.40

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.

$93.00

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.

$20.95 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $63.90 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 $20.95 ↓ -72%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $21.58 ↓ -71%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $23.15 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $23.43 ↓ -69%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $23.43 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $23.43 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $23.43 ↓ -69%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $23.86 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $28.11 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $32.05 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $33.07 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $37.71 ↓ -49%
Security Health Plan Commercial $39.05 ↓ -48%
Health Partners State Employees $46.86 ↓ -37%
Health Partners Commercial $53.25 ↓ -28%
Medica Choice $58.58 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $59.29 ↓ -20%
Wellmark PPO $61.06 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial $61.70 ↓ -17%
Ucare Commercial $62.38 ↓ -16%
Medica Elect $62.62 ↓ -16%
Healthez Commercial $63.90 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Commercial $63.90 ↓ -14%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $63.90 ↓ -14%

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Complement antigen each component c3 at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $74.40 $36.42 – $63.90
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $76.00 $26.69 – $76.50
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $96.80 $41.38 – $108.90
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $60.00 $25.65 – $67.50
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $11.40 – $24.57
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $11.40 – $12.60

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