Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral 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

$752.80

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.

$941.00

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.

$277.60 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $846.90 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 $277.60 ↓ -63%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $286.06 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $306.77 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $310.53 ↓ -59%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $310.53 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $310.53 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $310.53 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $316.18 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $372.54 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $424.77 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $438.32 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $499.77 ↓ -34%
Security Health Plan Commercial $517.55 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $621.06 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Commercial $705.75 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $776.33 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $785.74 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $809.26 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $817.73 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $826.76 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $829.96 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $846.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $846.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $846.90 ↑ +13%

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Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $798.40 $150.11 – $898.20
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $948.80 $372.40 – $1,067.40
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $758.40 $324.22 – $853.20
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $704.80 $301.30 – $792.90
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $645.60 $315.11 – $726.30

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