Mayo ethosuximide therapeutic drug level 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

$81.60

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.

$102.00

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.

$15.93 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $48.60 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 $15.93 ↓ -80%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $16.42 ↓ -80%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $17.60 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $17.82 ↓ -78%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $17.82 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $17.82 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $17.82 ↓ -78%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $18.14 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $21.38 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $24.38 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $25.15 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $28.68 ↓ -65%
Security Health Plan Commercial $29.70 ↓ -64%
Health Partners State Employees $35.64 ↓ -56%
Health Partners Commercial $40.50 ↓ -50%
Medica Choice $44.55 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $45.09 ↓ -45%
Wellmark PPO $46.44 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial $46.93 ↓ -42%
Ucare Commercial $47.44 ↓ -42%
Medica Elect $47.63 ↓ -42%
Healthez Commercial $48.60 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Commercial $48.60 ↓ -40%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $48.60 ↓ -40%

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Mayo ethosuximide therapeutic drug level at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $96.00 $27.70 – $48.60
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $86.40 $15.39 – $44.10
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $132.00 $18.81 – $49.50
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $84.80 $18.13 – $47.70
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $15.52 – $33.46
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $15.52 – $17.16

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