Mayo ethosuximide therapeutic drug level 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

$120.80

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.

$151.00

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.

$41.90 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $132.30 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 $41.90 ↓ -65%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $44.98 ↓ -63%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $45.42 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $45.42 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $45.42 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $45.42 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $45.42 ↓ -62%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $46.31 ↓ -62%
Wellmark HMO $73.50 ↓ -39%
Wellmark PPO $76.44 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $78.76 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $78.76 ↓ -35%
Security Health Plan Commercial $80.85 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $92.65 ↓ -23%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $92.65 ↓ -23%
Health Partners State Employees $97.02 ↓ -20%
Health Partners Commercial $110.25 ↓ -9%
Medica Choice $121.28 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $122.75 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial $127.74 ↑ +6%
Ucare Commercial $129.15 ↑ +7%
Medica Elect $129.65 ↑ +7%
Healthez Commercial $132.30 ↑ +10%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $132.30 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $132.30 ↑ +10%

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Mayo ethosuximide therapeutic drug level at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $118.20 $16.34 – $16.34
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $48.75 $15.83 – $75.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $68.25 $16.01 – $105.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $60.45 $15.83 – $93.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $53.95 $15.83 – $83.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $48.75 $15.08 – $75.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $105.00 $16.01 – $105.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $68.25 $15.83 – $105.00

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