Octreotide,microspheres ER 20 mg intramuscular susp, extended release 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

$9,201.27

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.

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.

$11,501.58

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.

$2,256.62 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $7,126.16 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

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 $2,256.62 ↓ -75%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $2,422.90 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $2,446.65 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $2,446.65 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $2,446.65 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $2,446.65 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $2,446.65 ↓ -73%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $2,494.16 ↓ -73%
Wellmark HMO $3,958.98 ↓ -57%
Wellmark PPO $4,117.34 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $4,242.44 ↓ -54%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $4,242.44 ↓ -54%
Security Health Plan Commercial $4,354.88 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $4,990.69 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $4,990.69 ↓ -46%
Health Partners State Employees $5,225.85 ↓ -43%
Health Partners Commercial $5,938.47 ↓ -35%
Medica Choice $6,532.32 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $6,611.50 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial $6,880.71 ↓ -25%
Ucare Commercial $6,956.72 ↓ -24%
Medica Elect $6,983.64 ↓ -24%
Healthez Commercial $7,126.16 ↓ -23%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $7,126.16 ↓ -23%
Multiplan Commercial $7,126.16 ↓ -23%

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Octreotide,microspheres ER 20 mg intramuscular susp, extended release at other Iowa hospitals

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MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $11,780.53 $212.20 – $297.08
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $19,011.30 $195.19 – $12,696.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $19,011.30 $4,244.00 – $12,696.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $19,011.30 $4,244.00 – $14,290.62
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $19,011.30 $195.19 – $12,696.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $19,011.30 $2,122.00 – $9,690.35
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $19,011.30 $195.19 – $12,696.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $19,011.30 $4,244.00 – $13,269.86

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