Mayo hla typing a/b/c single antigen 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

$225.60

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.

$282.00

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.

$73.82 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $233.10 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 $73.82 ↓ -67%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $79.25 ↓ -65%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $80.03 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $80.03 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $80.03 ↓ -65%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $80.03 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $80.03 ↓ -65%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $81.59 ↓ -64%
Wellmark HMO $129.50 ↓ -43%
Wellmark PPO $134.68 ↓ -40%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $138.77 ↓ -38%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $138.77 ↓ -38%
Security Health Plan Commercial $142.45 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $163.25 ↓ -28%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $163.25 ↓ -28%
Health Partners State Employees $170.94 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $194.25 ↓ -14%
Medica Choice $213.68 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $216.27 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial $225.07 ↓ -0%
Ucare Commercial $227.56 ↑ +1%
Medica Elect $228.44 ↑ +1%
Healthez Commercial $233.10 ↑ +3%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $233.10 ↑ +3%
Multiplan Commercial $233.10 ↑ +3%

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Mayo hla typing a/b/c single antigen at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $206.40 $25.81 – $25.81
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $147.55 $25.01 – $227.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $182.65 $25.01 – $281.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $253.00 $69.42 – $253.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $164.45 $25.01 – $253.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $164.45 $25.01 – $253.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $217.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $217.20 $115.26 – $247.47

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