Complx repair fccmnaxghf 13133 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

$724.00

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.

$905.00

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.

$257.93 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $814.50 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 $257.93 ↓ -64%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $276.93 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $279.65 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $279.65 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $279.65 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $279.65 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $279.65 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $285.08 ↓ -61%
Wellmark HMO $452.50 ↓ -38%
Wellmark PPO $470.60 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $484.90 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $484.90 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $497.75 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $570.42 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $570.42 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $597.30 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Commercial $678.75 ↓ -6%
Medica Choice $746.63 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $755.68 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $786.45 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $795.13 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $798.21 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $814.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $814.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $814.50 ↑ +13%

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MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $305.40 not published
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