Polysomnography sleep staging >=4 parameters age >=6 years w/cpap bipap 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

$4,618.40

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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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$5,773.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,597.14 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $5,043.60 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 $1,597.14 ↓ -65%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,714.82 ↓ -63%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,731.64 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,731.64 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $1,731.64 ↓ -63%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,731.64 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,731.64 ↓ -63%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,765.26 ↓ -62%
Wellmark HMO $2,802.00 ↓ -39%
Wellmark PPO $2,914.08 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $3,002.62 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $3,002.62 ↓ -35%
Security Health Plan Commercial $3,082.20 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $3,532.20 ↓ -24%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $3,532.20 ↓ -24%
Health Partners State Employees $3,698.64 ↓ -20%
Health Partners Commercial $4,203.00 ↓ -9%
Medica Choice $4,623.30 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $4,679.34 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial $4,869.88 ↑ +5%
Ucare Commercial $4,923.67 ↑ +7%
Medica Elect $4,942.73 ↑ +7%
Healthez Commercial $5,043.60 ↑ +9%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $5,043.60 ↑ +9%
Multiplan Commercial $5,043.60 ↑ +9%

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Polysomnography sleep staging >=4 parameters age >=6 years w/cpap bipap at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,931.60 $973.87 – $1,363.41
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $3,877.25 $79.02 – $5,965.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $4,024.15 $79.02 – $6,191.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $4,532.45 $79.02 – $6,973.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $4,024.15 $3,186.51 – $6,470.83
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $8,876.00 $79.02 – $8,876.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $6,191.00 $1,698.81 – $6,191.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $4,024.15 $812.85 – $6,191.00

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