Concentration infection agents any type 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

$39.20

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.

$49.00

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.

$12.10 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $36.90 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 $12.10 ↓ -69%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $12.46 ↓ -68%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $13.37 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $13.53 ↓ -65%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $13.53 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $13.53 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $13.53 ↓ -65%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $13.78 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $16.23 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $18.51 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $19.10 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $21.78 ↓ -44%
Security Health Plan Commercial $22.55 ↓ -42%
Health Partners State Employees $27.06 ↓ -31%
Health Partners Commercial $30.75 ↓ -22%
Medica Choice $33.83 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $34.24 ↓ -13%
Wellmark PPO $35.26 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $35.63 ↓ -9%
Ucare Commercial $36.02 ↓ -8%
Medica Elect $36.16 ↓ -8%
Healthez Commercial $36.90 ↓ -6%
Multiplan Commercial $36.90 ↓ -6%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $36.90 ↓ -6%

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Concentration infection agents any type at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $48.00 $30.78 – $54.00
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $46.40 $18.21 – $52.20
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $73.60 $17.10 – $45.00
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $38.40 $16.42 – $43.20
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $6.35 – $13.68
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $6.35 – $7.01

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