Mayo legionella antibody 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

$156.80

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.

$196.00

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.

$32.21 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $101.70 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 $32.21 ↓ -79%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $34.58 ↓ -78%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $34.92 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $34.92 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $34.92 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $34.92 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $34.92 ↓ -78%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $35.60 ↓ -77%
Wellmark HMO $56.50 ↓ -64%
Wellmark PPO $58.76 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $60.55 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $60.55 ↓ -61%
Security Health Plan Commercial $62.15 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $71.22 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $71.22 ↓ -55%
Health Partners State Employees $74.58 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Commercial $84.75 ↓ -46%
Medica Choice $93.23 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $94.36 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial $98.20 ↓ -37%
Ucare Commercial $99.28 ↓ -37%
Medica Elect $99.67 ↓ -36%
Healthez Commercial $101.70 ↓ -35%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $101.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan Commercial $101.70 ↓ -35%

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Mayo legionella antibody at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $115.80 $15.30 – $15.30
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $141.70 $14.83 – $218.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $235.00 $14.83 – $235.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $152.75 $14.83 – $235.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $215.00 $59.00 – $215.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $139.75 $14.83 – $215.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $139.75 $14.83 – $215.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $129.60 not published

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