Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization 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

$197.01

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$246.26

Gross charge

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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.

$70.18 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $221.63 with Multiplan — 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.

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 $70.18 ↓ -64%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $75.36 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $76.09 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $76.09 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $76.09 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $76.09 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $76.09 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $77.57 ↓ -61%
Wellmark HMO $123.13 ↓ -38%
Wellmark PPO $128.06 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $131.95 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $131.95 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $135.44 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $155.22 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $155.22 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $162.53 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Commercial $184.70 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $203.16 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $205.63 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $214.00 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $216.36 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $217.20 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $221.63 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $221.63 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $221.63 ↑ +12%

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Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $395.67 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $379.00 $10.65 – $93.75
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $379.00 $10.65 – $93.75
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $379.00 $10.65 – $105.53
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $379.00 $10.65 – $72.50
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $379.00 $10.65 – $93.75
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $379.00 $10.65 – $93.75
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $379.00 $10.65 – $97.99

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