Brace m arm board at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center
118 N 7th Ave, Sheldon, IA · Sanford Health · · NPI 1841200623
$97.60
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.
$122.00
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.
$31.92 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $100.80 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.
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 | $31.92 | ↓ -67% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $34.27 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota | Medicare Replacement | $34.61 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $34.61 | ↓ -65% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $34.61 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $34.61 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $34.61 | ↓ -65% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $35.28 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellmark | HMO | $56.00 | ↓ -43% |
| Wellmark | PPO | $58.24 | ↓ -40% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $60.01 | ↓ -39% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $60.01 | ↓ -39% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $61.60 | ↓ -37% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $70.59 | ↓ -28% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $70.59 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $73.92 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $84.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Medica | Choice | $92.40 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $93.52 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $97.33 | ↓ -0% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $98.40 | ↑ +1% |
| Medica | Elect | $98.78 | ↑ +1% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $100.80 | ↑ +3% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $100.80 | ↑ +3% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $100.80 | ↑ +3% |
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Brace m arm board at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $23.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $45.37 | $7.11 – $36.70 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $36.30 | $11.62 – $29.36 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $45.37 | $13.87 – $41.31 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $45.37 | $7.11 – $36.70 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $45.37 | $14.03 – $36.70 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $45.37 | $6.36 – $36.70 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $45.37 | $18.89 – $38.36 |