CostGrade

Sanford Vermillion Medical Center vs Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc

The same procedures, at each hospital, with what they charge and what that care is actually paid for.

Sanford Vermillion Medical Center

Vermillion, SD

charged per $1 actually paid

A

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Inc

Watertown, SD

2.8x

charged per $1 actually paid

CostGrade Ungraded A
Score out of 100 90
Rank in state #1
Procedures priced 0 54
CMS quality stars Not rated 3/5
Ownership Voluntary non-profit - Private Voluntary non-profit - Private

These hospitals do not publish a price for any of the same procedures, so there is nothing to compare like for like. That usually means they treat different things.

Add another hospital

A

Brookings Health System

Brookings, SD

2.8x — bills about $2.79 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

20 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Local
B

Avera St Mary's Hospital

Pierre, SD

4.0x — bills about $3.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

27 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private