Inj., benralizumab, 1 mg 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

$8,621.41

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.

$10,776.76

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.

$170.48 with Health Partners vs $9,055.42 with Healthez — 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
Health Partners State Employees $170.48 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Commercial $170.48 ↓ -98%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $2,867.55 ↓ -67%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $3,078.84 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $3,109.03 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $3,109.03 ↓ -64%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $3,109.03 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $3,109.03 ↓ -64%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $3,109.03 ↓ -64%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $3,169.40 ↓ -63%
Wellmark HMO $5,030.79 ↓ -42%
Wellmark PPO $5,232.02 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $5,390.99 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $5,390.99 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $5,533.87 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $6,341.81 ↓ -26%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $6,341.81 ↓ -26%
Medica Choice $8,300.80 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $8,401.42 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $8,743.51 ↑ +1%
Ucare Commercial $8,840.10 ↑ +3%
Medica Elect $8,874.31 ↑ +3%
Multiplan Commercial $9,055.42 ↑ +5%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $9,055.42 ↑ +5%
Healthez Commercial $9,055.42 ↑ +5%

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Inj., benralizumab, 1 mg at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $9,774.23 $168.13 – $235.38
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $18,067.45 $189.79 – $18,067.45
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $18,067.45 $189.79 – $18,067.45
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $10,067.08 $160.94 – $235.38
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $10,067.08 $5,704.68 – $12,248.28
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $18,067.45 $189.79 – $18,067.45
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $13,624.20 $165.25 – $25,267.00
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley $13,908.04 $165.25 – $25,267.00

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