Myeloperoxidase ab multi step qualitative/semiquantitative 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

$98.40

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.

$123.00

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.

$20.52 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $64.80 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 $20.52 ↓ -79%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $22.03 ↓ -78%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $22.25 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $22.25 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $22.25 ↓ -77%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $22.25 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $22.25 ↓ -77%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $22.68 ↓ -77%
Wellmark HMO $36.00 ↓ -63%
Wellmark PPO $37.44 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $38.58 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $38.58 ↓ -61%
Security Health Plan Commercial $39.60 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $45.38 ↓ -54%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $45.38 ↓ -54%
Health Partners State Employees $47.52 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Commercial $54.00 ↓ -45%
Medica Choice $59.40 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $60.12 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial $62.57 ↓ -36%
Ucare Commercial $63.26 ↓ -36%
Medica Elect $63.50 ↓ -35%
Healthez Commercial $64.80 ↓ -34%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $64.80 ↓ -34%
Multiplan Commercial $64.80 ↓ -34%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,230.00 $11.53 – $11.53
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $215.80 $11.17 – $100.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $115.05 $70.07 – $177.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $115.05 $66.91 – $199.23
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $91.65 $11.17 – $141.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $115.05 $67.65 – $177.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $91.65 $11.17 – $141.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $115.05 $91.10 – $185.00

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