Ultrasound joint complete left 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

$503.20

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.

$629.00

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.

$197.51 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $566.10 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 $197.51 ↓ -61%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $211.97 ↓ -58%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $211.97 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $213.86 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $213.86 ↓ -58%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $213.86 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $213.86 ↓ -58%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $217.95 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $344.63 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $345.95 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $393.00 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $405.45 ↓ -19%
Health Partners State Employees $415.14 ↓ -18%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $462.32 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $471.75 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $518.93 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $525.22 ↑ +4%
Wellmark PPO $540.94 ↑ +8%
Aetna Commercial $546.60 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $552.64 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $554.78 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $566.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $566.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $566.10 ↑ +13%

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Ultrasound joint complete left at other South-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford USD Medical Center Sioux Falls $648.00 $48.73 – $729.00
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain $639.20 $273.26 – $719.10
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton $623.20 $266.42 – $701.10
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion $565.60 $208.57 – $636.30
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen $783.20 $101.02 – $881.10

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