Deamidated gliadin antibody iga 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

$54.40

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$68.00

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.

$15.11 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $47.70 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
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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 $15.11 ↓ -72%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $16.22 ↓ -70%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $16.38 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $16.38 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $16.38 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $16.38 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $16.38 ↓ -70%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $16.70 ↓ -69%
Wellmark HMO $26.50 ↓ -51%
Wellmark PPO $27.56 ↓ -49%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $28.40 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $28.40 ↓ -48%
Security Health Plan Commercial $29.15 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $33.41 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $33.41 ↓ -39%
Health Partners State Employees $34.98 ↓ -36%
Health Partners Commercial $39.75 ↓ -27%
Medica Choice $43.73 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $44.26 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial $46.06 ↓ -15%
Ucare Commercial $46.57 ↓ -14%
Medica Elect $46.75 ↓ -14%
Healthez Commercial $47.70 ↓ -12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $47.70 ↓ -12%
Multiplan Commercial $47.70 ↓ -12%

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Deamidated gliadin antibody iga at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $27.60 $12.05 – $12.05
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $141.70 $11.68 – $218.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $63.70 $12.05 – $98.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $63.70 $37.04 – $110.31
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $141.70 $11.68 – $218.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $63.70 $12.05 – $98.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $141.70 $11.68 – $218.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $63.70 $12.05 – $102.43

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