Denosumab 120 mg/1.7 ml (70 mg/ml) subcutaneous solution 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

$2,841.64

Cash price

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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.

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.

$3,552.04

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.

$942.93 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $2,977.67 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

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 $942.93 ↓ -67%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,012.41 ↓ -64%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,022.33 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,022.33 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $1,022.33 ↓ -64%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,022.33 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,022.33 ↓ -64%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,042.18 ↓ -63%
Wellmark HMO $1,654.26 ↓ -42%
Wellmark PPO $1,720.43 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,772.71 ↓ -38%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,772.71 ↓ -38%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,819.69 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $2,085.36 ↓ -27%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $2,085.36 ↓ -27%
Health Partners State Employees $2,183.62 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $2,481.39 ↓ -13%
Medica Choice $2,729.53 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $2,762.61 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $2,875.10 ↑ +1%
Ucare Commercial $2,906.87 ↑ +2%
Medica Elect $2,918.11 ↑ +3%
Healthez Commercial $2,977.67 ↑ +5%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,977.67 ↑ +5%
Multiplan Commercial $2,977.67 ↑ +5%

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Denosumab 120 mg/1.7 ml (70 mg/ml) subcutaneous solution at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $5,305.19 $29.24 – $40.94
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $15,865.45 $27.97 – $11,252.60
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $15,865.45 $13.96 – $11,252.60
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $15,865.45 $1,754.40 – $12,665.93
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $15,865.45 $27.97 – $11,252.60
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $15,865.45 $1,754.40 – $8,883.85
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $15,865.45 $27.97 – $8,883.85
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $15,865.45 $3,508.80 – $16,582.57

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