Mayo avwpr vw factor activity 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

$150.40

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.

$188.00

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.

$41.60 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $126.90 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 $41.60 ↓ -72%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $42.86 ↓ -72%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $45.97 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $46.53 ↓ -69%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $46.53 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $46.53 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $46.53 ↓ -69%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $47.38 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $55.82 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $63.65 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $65.68 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $74.89 ↓ -50%
Security Health Plan Commercial $77.55 ↓ -48%
Health Partners State Employees $93.06 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Commercial $105.75 ↓ -30%
Medica Choice $116.33 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $117.74 ↓ -22%
Wellmark PPO $121.26 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial $122.53 ↓ -19%
Ucare Commercial $123.88 ↓ -18%
Medica Elect $124.36 ↓ -17%
Healthez Commercial $126.90 ↓ -16%
Multiplan Commercial $126.90 ↓ -16%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $126.90 ↓ -16%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $110.40 $70.79 – $124.20
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $212.00 $31.81 – $83.70
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $81.60 $34.88 – $91.80
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $29.32 – $63.20
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $29.32 – $32.40

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