Gammaglobulin ige 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

$123.20

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.

$154.00

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.

$43.32 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $136.80 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 $43.32 ↓ -65%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $46.51 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $46.97 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $46.97 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $46.97 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $46.97 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $46.97 ↓ -62%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $47.88 ↓ -61%
Wellmark HMO $76.00 ↓ -38%
Wellmark PPO $79.04 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $81.44 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $81.44 ↓ -34%
Security Health Plan Commercial $83.60 ↓ -32%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $95.81 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $95.81 ↓ -22%
Health Partners State Employees $100.32 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Commercial $114.00 ↓ -7%
Medica Choice $125.40 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $126.92 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial $132.09 ↑ +7%
Ucare Commercial $133.55 ↑ +8%
Medica Elect $134.06 ↑ +9%
Healthez Commercial $136.80 ↑ +11%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $136.80 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Commercial $136.80 ↑ +11%

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Gammaglobulin ige at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $118.20 $16.46 – $16.46
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $141.70 $15.95 – $218.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $83.85 $51.07 – $129.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $83.85 $48.76 – $145.20
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $141.70 $15.95 – $218.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $83.85 $49.30 – $129.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $151.45 $15.95 – $233.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $83.85 $66.40 – $134.83

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