Mepolizumab 100 mg/ml subcutaneous auto-injector 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

$4,923.62

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.

$6,154.52

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.

$31.01 with Health Partners vs $5,539.07 with Healthez — 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
Health Partners State Employees $31.01 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Commercial $31.01 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,754.04 ↓ -64%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,883.28 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,901.75 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $1,901.75 ↓ -61%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,901.75 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,901.75 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,901.75 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,938.67 ↓ -61%
Wellmark HMO $3,077.26 ↓ -38%
Wellmark PPO $3,200.35 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $3,297.59 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $3,297.59 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $3,384.99 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $3,879.19 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $3,879.19 ↓ -21%
Medica Choice $5,077.48 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $5,139.02 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $5,348.28 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $5,407.36 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $5,428.29 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $5,539.07 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $5,539.07 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $5,539.07 ↑ +12%

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Mepolizumab 100 mg/ml subcutaneous auto-injector at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $6,343.37 $31.33 – $43.86
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $19,954.90 $31.25 – $18,374.40
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $19,954.90 $3,133.00 – $18,374.40
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $19,954.90 $3,133.00 – $20,682.22
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $19,954.90 $31.25 – $18,374.40
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $19,954.90 $3,133.00 – $18,374.40
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $19,954.90 $31.25 – $18,374.40
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $19,954.90 $3,133.00 – $19,204.92

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