Ghs pr without cont pulse ox 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

$204.00

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.

$255.00

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.

$75.23 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $229.50 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 $75.23 ↓ -63%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $77.52 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $83.13 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $84.15 ↓ -59%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $84.15 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $84.15 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $84.15 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $85.68 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $100.95 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $115.11 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $118.78 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $135.43 ↓ -34%
Security Health Plan Commercial $140.25 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $168.30 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Commercial $191.25 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $210.38 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $212.93 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $219.30 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $221.60 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $224.04 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $224.91 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $229.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $229.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $229.50 ↑ +13%

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Ghs pr without cont pulse ox at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $214.40 $18.31 – $241.20
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $188.00 $73.79 – $211.50
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $209.60 $89.60 – $235.80
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $206.40 $56.43 – $232.20

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