Graft sft tiss grafix amnio prime 3x4cm 12sqcm-q4133-cost per sq cm 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

$695.20

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.

$869.00

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.

$153.90 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $486.00 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 $153.90 ↓ -78%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $165.24 ↓ -76%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $166.86 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $166.86 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $166.86 ↓ -76%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $166.86 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $166.86 ↓ -76%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $170.10 ↓ -76%
Wellmark HMO $270.00 ↓ -61%
Wellmark PPO $280.80 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $289.33 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $289.33 ↓ -58%
Security Health Plan Commercial $297.00 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $340.36 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $340.36 ↓ -51%
Health Partners State Employees $356.40 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Commercial $405.00 ↓ -42%
Medica Choice $445.50 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $450.90 ↓ -35%
Aetna Commercial $469.26 ↓ -33%
Ucare Commercial $474.44 ↓ -32%
Medica Elect $476.28 ↓ -31%
Healthez Commercial $486.00 ↓ -30%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $486.00 ↓ -30%
Multiplan Commercial $486.00 ↓ -30%

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Graft sft tiss grafix amnio prime 3x4cm 12sqcm-q4133-cost per sq cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,767.80 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $414.05 $59.28 – $305.89
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $515.72 $125.78 – $317.70
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $414.05 $115.63 – $344.31
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $414.05 $59.28 – $305.89
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $3,657.34 $116.91 – $305.89
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $414.05 $53.04 – $305.89
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $414.05 $157.44 – $319.72

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