Phentolaine mesylate inj 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

$750.39

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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.

$937.98

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.

$216.59 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $683.96 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 $216.59 ↓ -71%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $232.55 ↓ -69%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $234.83 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $234.83 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $234.83 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $234.83 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $234.83 ↓ -69%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $239.39 ↓ -68%
Wellmark HMO $379.98 ↓ -49%
Wellmark PPO $395.18 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $407.19 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $407.19 ↓ -46%
Security Health Plan Commercial $417.98 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $479.00 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $479.00 ↓ -36%
Health Partners State Employees $501.57 ↓ -33%
Health Partners Commercial $569.97 ↓ -24%
Medica Choice $626.97 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $634.57 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial $660.41 ↓ -12%
Ucare Commercial $667.70 ↓ -11%
Medica Elect $670.28 ↓ -11%
Healthez Commercial $683.96 ↓ -9%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $683.96 ↓ -9%
Multiplan Commercial $683.96 ↓ -9%

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Phentolaine mesylate inj at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $278.10 $436.51 – $611.11
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $2,253.40 $412.15 – $2,253.40
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $2,253.40 $436.51 – $2,536.43
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $2,253.40 $412.15 – $2,253.40
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $1,621.15 $436.51 – $1,694.43
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $1,621.15 $325.85 – $1,621.15
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,621.15 $325.85 – $1,621.15
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $1,621.15 $436.51 – $1,621.15

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