Mayo immunoassay c1 esterase inhibitor antibody quantitative 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

$140.80

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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.

$176.00

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.

$17.39 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $54.90 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 $17.39 ↓ -88%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $18.67 ↓ -87%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $18.85 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $18.85 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $18.85 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $18.85 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $18.85 ↓ -87%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $19.22 ↓ -86%
Wellmark HMO $30.50 ↓ -78%
Wellmark PPO $31.72 ↓ -77%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $32.68 ↓ -77%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $32.68 ↓ -77%
Security Health Plan Commercial $33.55 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $38.45 ↓ -73%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $38.45 ↓ -73%
Health Partners State Employees $40.26 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Commercial $45.75 ↓ -68%
Medica Choice $50.33 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $50.94 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial $53.01 ↓ -62%
Ucare Commercial $53.59 ↓ -62%
Medica Elect $53.80 ↓ -62%
Healthez Commercial $54.90 ↓ -61%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $54.90 ↓ -61%
Multiplan Commercial $54.90 ↓ -61%

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Mayo immunoassay c1 esterase inhibitor antibody quantitative at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $672.60 $17.27 – $17.27
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $209.30 $16.74 – $322.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $135.20 $82.35 – $208.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $1,147.90 $9.09 – $234.12
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $289.25 $16.74 – $165.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $1,543.00 $9.09 – $208.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $1,540.00 $9.09 – $110.76
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $135.20 $17.27 – $217.40

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