Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution 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

$65.54

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.

$81.92

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.

$23.23 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $70.87 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 $23.23 ↓ -65%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $23.94 ↓ -63%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $25.67 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $25.98 ↓ -60%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $25.98 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $25.98 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $25.98 ↓ -60%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $26.46 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $31.17 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $35.54 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $36.68 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $41.82 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $43.31 ↓ -34%
Health Partners State Employees $51.97 ↓ -21%
Health Partners Commercial $59.06 ↓ -10%
Medica Choice $64.96 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $65.75 ↑ +0%
Wellmark PPO $67.72 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial $68.43 ↑ +4%
Ucare Commercial $69.18 ↑ +6%
Medica Elect $69.45 ↑ +6%
Healthez Commercial $70.87 ↑ +8%
Multiplan Commercial $70.87 ↑ +8%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $70.87 ↑ +8%

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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $323.76 $1.00 – $356.98
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $68.93 $25.70 – $73.67
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $114.88 $27.99 – $73.67
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $64.46 $27.55 – $72.51

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