Warde copper at Sanford Vermillion Hospital
20 S Plum St, Vermillion, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1790721280
$84.00
Cash price 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.
$105.00
Gross charge 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.
$18.88 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $57.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $18.88 | ↓ -78% |
| Wellmark SD | Medicare Replacement | $19.46 | ↓ -77% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $20.86 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $21.12 | ↓ -75% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $21.12 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $21.12 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $21.12 | ↓ -75% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $21.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $25.34 | ↓ -70% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $28.89 | ↓ -66% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $29.81 | ↓ -65% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $33.99 | ↓ -60% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $35.20 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $42.24 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $48.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Medica | Choice | $52.80 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial +20 | $53.44 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellmark | PPO | $55.04 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $55.62 | ↓ -34% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $56.23 | ↓ -33% |
| Medica | Elect | $56.45 | ↓ -33% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $57.60 | ↓ -31% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $57.60 | ↓ -31% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $57.60 | ↓ -31% |
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Warde copper at other South-dakota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center | Clear Lake | $50.40 | $29.24 – $51.30 |
| Sanford Hospital Webster | Webster | $112.00 | $18.21 – $52.20 |
| Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center | Chamberlain | $93.60 | $19.84 – $52.20 |
| Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center | Canton | $79.20 | $21.20 – $55.80 |
| Sanford USD Medical Center | Sioux Falls | not published | $11.79 – $25.41 |
| Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center | Aberdeen | not published | $11.79 – $13.03 |