80/100
#356 nationally
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen
2905 3Rd Ave Se, Aberdeen, SD 57402 · (605) 626-4200
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen billed $3.60 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 24
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SD
- #4
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
232 | $14,822 | $2,566 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $22,543 | $3,060 | -11% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $30,705 | $13,643 | -53% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $1,509 | $640 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $5,679 | $1,520 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $3,041 | $1,910 | -76% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $43,952 | $12,322 | -30% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $25,941 | $9,844 | -40% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $22,119 | $6,707 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
23 | $8,423 | $3,035 | -59% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$28,458 | $6,567 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,543 | $3,060 | -11% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,822 | $2,566 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,771 | $10,305 | -25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,952 | $12,322 | -30% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$33,232 | $9,689 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,993 | $2,988 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,303 | $1,507 | -35% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,041 | $1,910 | -76% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,423 | $3,035 | -59% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$30,705 | $13,643 | -53% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,509 | $640 | -52% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$29,563 | $12,170 | -52% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,563 | $3,268 | -49% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$23,885 | $10,310 | -49% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,000 | $4,851 | -45% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.