Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler 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

$2,157.60

Cash price

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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.

$2,697.00

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.

$846.86 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $2,427.30 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

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 $846.86 ↓ -61%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $908.89 ↓ -58%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $908.89 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $916.98 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $916.98 ↓ -58%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $916.98 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $916.98 ↓ -58%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $934.51 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,477.69 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,483.35 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,685.09 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,738.49 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $1,780.02 ↓ -18%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,982.30 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $2,022.75 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $2,225.03 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $2,252.00 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $2,319.42 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $2,343.69 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $2,369.58 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $2,378.75 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $2,427.30 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $2,427.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,427.30 ↑ +13%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $3,057.60 $354.89 – $3,439.80
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $2,540.80 $936.92 – $2,858.40
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $2,568.80 $750.56 – $2,889.90

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