Cortisol total am 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

$84.80

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.

$106.00

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.

$17.70 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $54.00 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 $17.70 ↓ -79%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $18.24 ↓ -78%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $19.56 ↓ -77%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $19.80 ↓ -77%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $19.80 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $19.80 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $19.80 ↓ -77%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $20.16 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $23.75 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $27.08 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $27.95 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $31.87 ↓ -62%
Security Health Plan Commercial $33.00 ↓ -61%
Health Partners State Employees $39.60 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Commercial $45.00 ↓ -47%
Medica Choice $49.50 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $50.10 ↓ -41%
Wellmark PPO $51.60 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial $52.14 ↓ -39%
Ucare Commercial $52.72 ↓ -38%
Medica Elect $52.92 ↓ -38%
Healthez Commercial $54.00 ↓ -36%
Multiplan Commercial $54.00 ↓ -36%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $54.00 ↓ -36%

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Cortisol total am at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $144.80 $30.27 – $53.10
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $227.20 $17.90 – $51.30
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $148.80 $20.52 – $54.00
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $67.20 $20.18 – $53.10
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $15.49 – $33.38
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $15.49 – $17.12

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