Injection,onabotulinumtoxina 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

$916.80

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.

$1,146.00

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.

$220.88 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $697.50 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 $220.88 ↓ -76%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $237.15 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $239.48 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $239.48 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $239.48 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $239.48 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $239.48 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $244.13 ↓ -73%
Wellmark HMO $387.50 ↓ -58%
Wellmark PPO $403.00 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $415.25 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $415.25 ↓ -55%
Security Health Plan Commercial $426.25 ↓ -54%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $488.48 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $488.48 ↓ -47%
Health Partners State Employees $511.50 ↓ -44%
Health Partners Commercial $581.25 ↓ -37%
Medica Choice $639.38 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $647.13 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial $673.48 ↓ -27%
Ucare Commercial $680.92 ↓ -26%
Medica Elect $683.55 ↓ -25%
Healthez Commercial $697.50 ↓ -24%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $697.50 ↓ -24%
Multiplan Commercial $697.50 ↓ -24%

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Injection,onabotulinumtoxina at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,872.18 $6.50 – $9.10
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $3,255.00 $6.28 – $3,255.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $3,255.00 $1,288.65 – $3,255.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $3,255.00 $1,230.39 – $3,663.83
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $3,255.00 $6.28 – $3,255.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $6,021.75 $5.59 – $3,255.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $3,255.00 $893.17 – $3,255.00
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