Phenobarbital in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr 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

$80.16

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.

$100.19

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.

$21.75 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $68.68 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 $21.75 ↓ -73%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $23.35 ↓ -71%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $23.58 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $23.58 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $23.58 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $23.58 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $23.58 ↓ -71%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $24.04 ↓ -70%
Wellmark HMO $38.16 ↓ -52%
Wellmark PPO $39.68 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $40.89 ↓ -49%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $40.89 ↓ -49%
Security Health Plan Commercial $41.97 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $48.10 ↓ -40%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $48.10 ↓ -40%
Health Partners State Employees $50.36 ↓ -37%
Health Partners Commercial $57.23 ↓ -29%
Medica Choice $62.96 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $63.72 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $66.31 ↓ -17%
Ucare Commercial $67.05 ↓ -16%
Medica Elect $67.31 ↓ -16%
Healthez Commercial $68.68 ↓ -14%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $68.68 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Commercial $68.68 ↓ -14%

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Phenobarbital in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $112.72 not published
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MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $201.80 $25.91 – $65.45
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MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $201.80 $18.52 – $65.45
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $201.80 $27.36 – $180.95
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