Epinephrine hcl (pf) 1 mg/ml (1 ml) injection 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

$66.56

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

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

$83.19

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$22.08 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $69.71 with First Choice Health Network — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $22.08 ↓ -67%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $23.70 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $23.94 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $23.94 ↓ -64%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $23.94 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $23.94 ↓ -64%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $23.94 ↓ -64%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $24.40 ↓ -63%
Wellmark HMO $38.73 ↓ -42%
Wellmark PPO $40.28 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $41.50 ↓ -38%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $41.50 ↓ -38%
Security Health Plan Commercial $42.60 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $48.82 ↓ -27%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $48.82 ↓ -27%
Health Partners State Employees $51.12 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $58.10 ↓ -13%
Medica Choice $63.90 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $64.68 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $67.31 ↑ +1%
Ucare Commercial $68.06 ↑ +2%
Medica Elect $68.32 ↑ +3%
Multiplan Commercial $69.71 ↑ +5%
Healthez Commercial $69.71 ↑ +5%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $69.71 ↑ +5%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Epinephrine hcl (pf) 1 mg/ml (1 ml) injection solution at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $190.90 $13.94 – $35.20
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $35.20 $18.12 – $36.79
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $35.20 $9.66 – $35.20
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $38.25 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $38.25 $21.68 – $46.54
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $71.76 $0.30 – $0.52
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $8.72 $3.56 – $8.72
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $25.10 $9.91 – $30.12

All Iowa hospitals for this procedure →