Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at Sanford Hospital Webster

1401 W 1st St, Webster, SD · Sanford Health · · NPI 1831103449

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$2,156.00

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.

$2,695.00

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.

$75.43 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $216.20 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 $75.43 ↓ -97%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $80.95 ↓ -96%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $80.95 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $81.67 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $81.67 ↓ -96%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $81.67 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $81.67 ↓ -96%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $83.24 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $131.62 ↓ -94%
Security Health Plan Commercial $132.12 ↓ -94%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $150.09 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $154.85 ↓ -93%
Health Partners State Employees $158.55 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $176.56 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Commercial $180.17 ↓ -92%
Medica Choice $198.18 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $200.58 ↓ -91%
Wellmark PPO $206.59 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $208.75 ↓ -90%
Ucare Commercial $211.06 ↓ -90%
Medica Elect $211.87 ↓ -90%
Healthez Commercial $216.20 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Commercial $216.20 ↓ -90%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $216.20 ↓ -90%

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $1,285.49 $560.66 – $983.61
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $5,047.59 $2.78 – $412.20
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $2,156.00 $124.57 – $327.83
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $5,155.89 $133.81 – $352.14
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $1,265.88 $203.90 – $622.08
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $2.78 – $3.07

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