Rheumatoid factor quantitative 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

$56.00

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.

$70.00

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.

$12.98 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $39.60 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 $12.98 ↓ -77%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $13.38 ↓ -76%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $14.34 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $14.52 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $14.52 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $14.52 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $14.52 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $14.78 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $17.42 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $19.86 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $20.50 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $23.37 ↓ -58%
Security Health Plan Commercial $24.20 ↓ -57%
Health Partners State Employees $29.04 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Commercial $33.00 ↓ -41%
Medica Choice $36.30 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $36.74 ↓ -34%
Wellmark PPO $37.84 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial $38.24 ↓ -32%
Ucare Commercial $38.66 ↓ -31%
Medica Elect $38.81 ↓ -31%
Healthez Commercial $39.60 ↓ -29%
Multiplan Commercial $39.60 ↓ -29%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $39.60 ↓ -29%

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Rheumatoid factor quantitative at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $52.80 $33.86 – $59.40
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $54.40 $14.76 – $42.30
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $88.00 $35.23 – $92.70
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $50.40 $14.02 – $36.90
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $5.39 – $11.61
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $5.39 – $5.95

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