Ultrasound pregnant uterus follow up per fetus 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

$400.00

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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.

$500.00

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.

$129.80 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $396.00 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 $129.80 ↓ -68%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $133.76 ↓ -67%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $143.44 ↓ -64%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $145.20 ↓ -64%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $145.20 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $145.20 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $145.20 ↓ -64%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $147.84 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $174.20 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $198.62 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $204.95 ↓ -49%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $233.68 ↓ -42%
Security Health Plan Commercial $242.00 ↓ -40%
Health Partners State Employees $290.40 ↓ -27%
Health Partners Commercial $330.00 ↓ -18%
Medica Choice $363.00 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Commercial +20 $367.40 ↓ -8%
Wellmark PPO $378.40 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $382.36 ↓ -4%
Ucare Commercial $386.58 ↓ -3%
Medica Elect $388.08 ↓ -3%
Healthez Commercial $396.00 ↓ -1%
Multiplan Commercial $396.00 ↓ -1%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $396.00 ↓ -1%

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Ultrasound pregnant uterus follow up per fetus at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $531.20 $340.63 – $597.60
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $503.20 $48.73 – $349.20
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster $568.80 $223.25 – $639.90
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $565.60 $241.79 – $636.30
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $496.00 $212.04 – $558.00
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $537.60 $101.02 – $604.80

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