Creatinine 24 hour urine 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

$48.80

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.

$61.00

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.

$6.27 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $19.80 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 $6.27 ↓ -87%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $6.73 ↓ -86%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $6.80 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $6.80 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $6.80 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $6.80 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $6.80 ↓ -86%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $6.93 ↓ -86%
Wellmark HMO $11.00 ↓ -77%
Wellmark PPO $11.44 ↓ -77%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $11.79 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $11.79 ↓ -76%
Security Health Plan Commercial $12.10 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $13.87 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $13.87 ↓ -72%
Health Partners State Employees $14.52 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Commercial $16.50 ↓ -66%
Medica Choice $18.15 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $18.37 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial $19.12 ↓ -61%
Ucare Commercial $19.33 ↓ -60%
Medica Elect $19.40 ↓ -60%
Healthez Commercial $19.80 ↓ -59%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $19.80 ↓ -59%
Multiplan Commercial $19.80 ↓ -59%

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Creatinine 24 hour urine at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $59.40 $5.18 – $5.18
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $63.05 $38.40 – $97.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $63.05 $36.67 – $109.18
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $63.05 $49.93 – $101.38
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $164.00 $5.02 – $61.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $97.00 $4.05 – $97.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $63.05 $5.02 – $97.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $62.40 not published

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