Mayo myoglobin 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

$105.60

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.

$132.00

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.

$25.08 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $76.50 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 $25.08 ↓ -76%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $25.84 ↓ -76%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $27.71 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $28.05 ↓ -73%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $28.05 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $28.05 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $28.05 ↓ -73%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $28.56 ↓ -73%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $33.65 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $38.37 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $39.59 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $45.14 ↓ -57%
Security Health Plan Commercial $46.75 ↓ -56%
Health Partners State Employees $56.10 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Commercial $63.75 ↓ -40%
Medica Choice $70.13 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $70.98 ↓ -33%
Wellmark PPO $73.10 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial $73.87 ↓ -30%
Ucare Commercial $74.68 ↓ -29%
Medica Elect $74.97 ↓ -29%
Healthez Commercial $76.50 ↓ -28%
Multiplan Commercial $76.50 ↓ -28%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $76.50 ↓ -28%

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Mayo myoglobin at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $168.80 $101.06 – $177.30
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $217.60 $70.34 – $201.60
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $119.20 $50.96 – $134.10
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $128.80 $42.07 – $110.70
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $12.27 – $26.46
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $12.27 – $13.57

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