Irinotecan 20 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$239.30

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.

$299.12

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.

$67.34 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $212.64 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 $67.34 ↓ -72%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $72.30 ↓ -70%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $73.01 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $73.01 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $73.01 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $73.01 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $73.01 ↓ -69%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $74.43 ↓ -69%
Wellmark HMO $118.14 ↓ -51%
Wellmark PPO $122.86 ↓ -49%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $126.59 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $126.59 ↓ -47%
Security Health Plan Commercial $129.95 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $148.92 ↓ -38%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $148.92 ↓ -38%
Health Partners State Employees $155.94 ↓ -35%
Health Partners Commercial $177.20 ↓ -26%
Medica Choice $194.92 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $197.29 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial $205.32 ↓ -14%
Ucare Commercial $207.59 ↓ -13%
Medica Elect $208.39 ↓ -13%
Healthez Commercial $212.64 ↓ -11%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $212.64 ↓ -11%
Multiplan Commercial $212.64 ↓ -11%

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Irinotecan 20 mg/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,060.36 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $522.90 $22.83 – $63.95
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $522.90 $25.32 – $63.95
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $522.90 $24.17 – $71.98
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $522.90 $18.10 – $63.95
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $522.90 $24.44 – $63.95
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $522.90 $15.03 – $63.95
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $522.90 $32.92 – $66.84

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