Pr repair sprfcl wounds simple scalp/neck/axillae/gent/trunk/ext <= 2.5 cm 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

$461.60

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.

$577.00

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.

$170.22 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $519.30 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 $170.22 ↓ -63%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $175.41 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $188.10 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $190.41 ↓ -59%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $190.41 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $190.41 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $190.41 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $193.87 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $228.43 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $260.46 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $268.77 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $306.44 ↓ -34%
Security Health Plan Commercial $317.35 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $380.82 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Commercial $432.75 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $476.03 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $481.80 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $496.22 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $501.41 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $506.95 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $508.91 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $519.30 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $519.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $519.30 ↑ +13%

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Pr repair sprfcl wounds simple scalp/neck/axillae/gent/trunk/ext <= 2.5 cm at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $458.40 $293.95 – $515.70
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $514.40 $44.61 – $578.70
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $320.80 $125.91 – $360.90
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $444.80 $190.15 – $500.40
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $352.00 $150.48 – $396.00
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $343.20 $188.77 – $386.10

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