Three-Phase Bone Scan (Nuclear Medicine) 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

$2,248.80

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.

$2,811.00

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.

$882.65 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $2,529.90 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 $882.65 ↓ -61%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $947.31 ↓ -58%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $947.31 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $955.74 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $955.74 ↓ -58%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $955.74 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $955.74 ↓ -58%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $974.01 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,540.15 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,546.05 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,756.31 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,811.97 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $1,855.26 ↓ -18%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $2,066.09 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $2,108.25 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $2,319.08 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $2,347.19 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $2,417.46 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $2,442.76 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $2,469.74 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $2,479.30 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $2,529.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $2,529.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,529.90 ↑ +13%

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Three-Phase Bone Scan (Nuclear Medicine) at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake $2,268.00 $1,454.36 – $2,551.50
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $2,588.80 $182.81 – $2,912.40
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $2,013.60 $860.81 – $2,265.30
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $2,034.40 $869.71 – $2,288.70
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $1,726.40 $636.61 – $1,942.20
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $2,036.00 $381.74 – $2,290.50

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