Diazepam 5 mg/ml injection solution (wrapper) 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

$69.54

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.

$86.92

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.

$24.11 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $73.56 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 $24.11 ↓ -65%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $24.85 ↓ -64%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $26.64 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $26.97 ↓ -61%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $26.97 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $26.97 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $26.97 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $27.46 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $32.36 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $36.89 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $38.07 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $43.41 ↓ -38%
Security Health Plan Commercial $44.95 ↓ -35%
Health Partners State Employees $53.94 ↓ -22%
Health Partners Commercial $61.30 ↓ -12%
Medica Choice $67.43 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $68.24 ↓ -2%
Wellmark PPO $70.29 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial $71.02 ↑ +2%
Ucare Commercial $71.81 ↑ +3%
Medica Elect $72.09 ↑ +4%
Healthez Commercial $73.56 ↑ +6%
Multiplan Commercial $73.56 ↑ +6%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $73.56 ↑ +6%

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Diazepam 5 mg/ml injection solution (wrapper) at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $68.03 $42.66 – $74.84
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $313.77 $1.00 – $180.98
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $69.15 $23.63 – $67.72
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $68.84 $25.73 – $67.72
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $68.84 $27.90 – $73.42

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