Administration chemotherapy subcutaneous/im anti neoplastic hormonal at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center

118 N 7th Ave, Sheldon, IA · Sanford Health · · NPI 1841200623

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$254.40

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$318.00

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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.

$85.60 with Health Partners vs $286.20 with Healthez — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Health Partners State Employees $85.60 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Commercial $85.60 ↓ -66%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $90.63 ↓ -64%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $97.31 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $98.26 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $98.26 ↓ -61%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $98.26 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $98.26 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $98.26 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $100.17 ↓ -61%
Wellmark HMO $159.00 ↓ -38%
Wellmark PPO $165.36 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $170.38 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $170.38 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $174.90 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $200.44 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $200.44 ↓ -21%
Medica Choice $262.35 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $265.53 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $276.34 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $279.39 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $280.48 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $286.20 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $286.20 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $286.20 ↑ +13%

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Administration chemotherapy subcutaneous/im anti neoplastic hormonal at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $117.00 $68.13 – $95.38
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $104.00 $18.11 – $154.08
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $328.90 $67.96 – $506.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $461.00 $126.50 – $461.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $299.65 $68.15 – $461.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $138.45 $54.53 – $773.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $128.40 $68.13 – $95.38
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $128.40 $72.76 – $156.22

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