Cath cv dl inj 7fx16cm 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

$701.60

Cash price

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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.

$877.00

Gross charge

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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.

$25.94 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $81.90 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.

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Payer
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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
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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.

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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $25.94 ↓ -96%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $27.85 ↓ -96%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $28.12 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $28.12 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $28.12 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $28.12 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $28.12 ↓ -96%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $28.67 ↓ -96%
Wellmark HMO $45.50 ↓ -94%
Wellmark PPO $47.32 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $48.76 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $48.76 ↓ -93%
Security Health Plan Commercial $50.05 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $57.36 ↓ -92%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $57.36 ↓ -92%
Health Partners State Employees $60.06 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Commercial $68.25 ↓ -90%
Medica Choice $75.08 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $75.99 ↓ -89%
Aetna Commercial $79.08 ↓ -89%
Ucare Commercial $79.95 ↓ -89%
Medica Elect $80.26 ↓ -89%
Healthez Commercial $81.90 ↓ -88%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $81.90 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Commercial $81.90 ↓ -88%

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Cath cv dl inj 7fx16cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $20,250.00 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $10,827.10 $0.54 – $1.51
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $10,287.03 $2.39 – $6.04
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $10,827.10 $0.57 – $1.70
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $10,827.10 $0.43 – $1.51
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $10,827.10 $0.58 – $1.51
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $10,827.10 $0.35 – $1.51
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $10,827.10 $0.78 – $1.58

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