Rabies immune globulin (pf) 300 unit/ml intramuscular solution 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

$3,792.40

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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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,740.50

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.

$284.09 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $897.14 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $284.09 ↓ -93%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $305.03 ↓ -92%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $308.02 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $308.02 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $308.02 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $308.02 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $308.02 ↓ -92%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $314.00 ↓ -92%
Wellmark HMO $498.41 ↓ -87%
Wellmark PPO $518.35 ↓ -86%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $534.10 ↓ -86%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $534.10 ↓ -86%
Security Health Plan Commercial $548.25 ↓ -86%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $628.30 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $628.30 ↓ -83%
Health Partners State Employees $657.90 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Commercial $747.62 ↓ -80%
Medica Choice $822.38 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $832.34 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial $866.24 ↓ -77%
Ucare Commercial $875.81 ↓ -77%
Medica Elect $879.20 ↓ -77%
Healthez Commercial $897.14 ↓ -76%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $897.14 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Commercial $897.14 ↓ -76%

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Rabies immune globulin (pf) 300 unit/ml intramuscular solution at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $5,949.85 $266.44 – $373.02
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $3,213.80 $274.35 – $3,213.80
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $3,213.80 $532.88 – $3,617.45
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $3,213.80 $274.35 – $3,213.80
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $3,213.80 $532.88 – $3,213.80
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $3,213.80 $274.35 – $3,213.80
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $3,213.80 $532.88 – $3,359.06
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $9,641.40 $274.35 – $3,213.80

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