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Screening Mammogram 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

$434.40

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.

$543.00

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.

$118.69 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $340.20 with Multiplan — 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 $118.69 ↓ -73%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $127.39 ↓ -71%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $127.39 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $128.52 ↓ -70%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $128.52 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $128.52 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $128.52 ↓ -70%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $130.98 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $207.11 ↓ -52%
Security Health Plan Commercial $207.90 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $236.17 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $243.66 ↓ -44%
Health Partners State Employees $249.48 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $277.83 ↓ -36%
Health Partners Commercial $283.50 ↓ -35%
Medica Choice $311.85 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $315.63 ↓ -27%
Wellmark PPO $325.08 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial $328.48 ↓ -24%
Ucare Commercial $332.11 ↓ -24%
Medica Elect $333.40 ↓ -23%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $340.20 ↓ -22%
Healthez Commercial $340.20 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Commercial $340.20 ↓ -22%

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Screening Mammogram at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $487.20 $312.42 – $548.10
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $504.80 $215.80 – $567.90
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $416.80 $138.17 – $363.60
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $459.20 $169.33 – $516.60
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls not published $117.36 – $129.71
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen not published $117.36 – $129.71

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