Micafungin 100 mg intravenous solution 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

$117.40

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$146.75

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.

$30.36 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $95.89 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 $30.36 ↓ -74%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $32.60 ↓ -72%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $32.92 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $32.92 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $32.92 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $32.92 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $32.92 ↓ -72%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $33.56 ↓ -71%
Wellmark HMO $53.27 ↓ -55%
Wellmark PPO $55.40 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $57.08 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $57.08 ↓ -51%
Security Health Plan Commercial $58.60 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $67.15 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $67.15 ↓ -43%
Health Partners State Employees $70.32 ↓ -40%
Health Partners Commercial $79.91 ↓ -32%
Medica Choice $87.90 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $88.96 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial $92.58 ↓ -21%
Ucare Commercial $93.61 ↓ -20%
Medica Elect $93.97 ↓ -20%
Healthez Commercial $95.89 ↓ -18%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $95.89 ↓ -18%
Multiplan Commercial $95.89 ↓ -18%

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Micafungin 100 mg intravenous solution at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $360.82 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $860.05 $307.04 – $860.05
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $860.05 $325.10 – $968.07
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $60.15 $17.02 – $60.15
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $860.05 $328.71 – $860.05
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $860.05 $202.11 – $860.05
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $90.10 $18.11 – $90.10
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $90.10 $12.09 – $60.15

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