Complx repair fccmnaxghf 13132 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

$1,250.40

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.

$1,563.00

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.

$445.46 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $1,406.70 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 $445.46 ↓ -64%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $478.28 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $482.97 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $482.97 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $482.97 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $482.97 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $482.97 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $492.35 ↓ -61%
Wellmark HMO $781.50 ↓ -38%
Wellmark PPO $812.76 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $837.46 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $837.46 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $859.65 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $985.16 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $985.16 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $1,031.58 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Commercial $1,172.25 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $1,289.48 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,305.11 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,358.25 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,373.25 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $1,378.57 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $1,406.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,406.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,406.70 ↑ +13%

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