Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$94.18

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.

$117.72

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.

$25.39 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $72.78 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 $25.39 ↓ -73%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $27.25 ↓ -71%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $27.25 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $27.50 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $27.50 ↓ -71%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $27.50 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $27.50 ↓ -71%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $28.02 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $44.31 ↓ -53%
Security Health Plan Commercial $44.48 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $50.53 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $52.13 ↓ -45%
Health Partners State Employees $53.37 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $59.44 ↓ -37%
Health Partners Commercial $60.65 ↓ -36%
Medica Choice $66.72 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $67.53 ↓ -28%
Wellmark PPO $69.55 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $70.28 ↓ -25%
Ucare Commercial $71.05 ↓ -25%
Medica Elect $71.33 ↓ -24%
Healthez Commercial $72.78 ↓ -23%
Multiplan Commercial $72.78 ↓ -23%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $72.78 ↓ -23%

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Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $71.29 $40.56 – $71.15
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $321.81 $0.11 – $352.72
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $67.96 $27.04 – $71.15
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $64.80 $23.62 – $72.07
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $0.11 – $0.12

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