Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx 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

$1,962.40

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.

$2,453.00

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.

$37.62 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $118.80 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 $37.62 ↓ -98%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $40.39 ↓ -98%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $40.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $40.79 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $40.79 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $40.79 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $40.79 ↓ -98%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $41.58 ↓ -98%
Wellmark HMO $66.00 ↓ -97%
Wellmark PPO $68.64 ↓ -97%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $70.73 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $70.73 ↓ -96%
Security Health Plan Commercial $72.60 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $83.20 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $83.20 ↓ -96%
Health Partners State Employees $87.12 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Commercial $99.00 ↓ -95%
Medica Choice $108.90 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $110.22 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial $114.71 ↓ -94%
Ucare Commercial $115.98 ↓ -94%
Medica Elect $116.42 ↓ -94%
Healthez Commercial $118.80 ↓ -94%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $118.80 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Commercial $118.80 ↓ -94%

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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,671.00 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $5,636.22 $0.15 – $0.41
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $5,355.08 $0.65 – $1.64
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $5,636.22 $0.15 – $0.46
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $5,636.22 $0.12 – $0.41
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $5,636.22 $0.16 – $0.41
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $5,636.22 $0.10 – $0.41
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $5,636.22 $0.21 – $0.43

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