Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center
118 N 7th Ave, Sheldon, IA · Sanford Health · · NPI 1841200623
$146.20
Cash price 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.
$182.75
Gross charge 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.
$26.46 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $83.55 with Multiplan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $26.46 | ↓ -82% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $28.41 | ↓ -81% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $28.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $28.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota | Medicare Replacement | $28.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $28.68 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $28.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $29.24 | ↓ -80% |
| Wellmark | HMO | $46.42 | ↓ -68% |
| Wellmark | PPO | $48.27 | ↓ -67% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $49.74 | ↓ -66% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $49.74 | ↓ -66% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $51.06 | ↓ -65% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $58.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $58.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $61.27 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $69.62 | ↓ -52% |
| Medica | Choice | $76.58 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $77.51 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $80.67 | ↓ -45% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $81.56 | ↓ -44% |
| Medica | Elect | $81.88 | ↓ -44% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $83.55 | ↓ -43% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $83.55 | ↓ -43% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $83.55 | ↓ -43% |
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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $347.15 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $322.92 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $322.92 | $61.89 – $132.88 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $144.48 | $16.53 – $53.08 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $162.56 | $41.64 – $176.36 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $127.56 | $46.93 – $74.30 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $190.67 | $1.98 – $53.08 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $144.48 | $49.68 – $121.39 |