Sirolimus, oral 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

$47.68

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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.

$59.60

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.

$3.98 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $12.56 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 $3.98 ↓ -92%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $4.27 ↓ -91%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $4.31 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $4.31 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $4.31 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $4.31 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $4.31 ↓ -91%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $4.39 ↓ -91%
Wellmark HMO $6.98 ↓ -85%
Wellmark PPO $7.25 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $7.47 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $7.47 ↓ -84%
Security Health Plan Commercial $7.67 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $8.79 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $8.79 ↓ -82%
Health Partners State Employees $9.21 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Commercial $10.46 ↓ -78%
Medica Choice $11.51 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $11.65 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial $12.12 ↓ -75%
Ucare Commercial $12.26 ↓ -74%
Medica Elect $12.30 ↓ -74%
Healthez Commercial $12.56 ↓ -74%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $12.56 ↓ -74%
Multiplan Commercial $12.56 ↓ -74%

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Sirolimus, oral at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $60.62 not published
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $3.30 $0.66 – $3.30
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $6.20 $0.66 – $3.30
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $60.62 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $60.62 $8.19 – $17.59
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $3.30 $0.78 – $3.30
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $14.16 $1.14 – $3.75
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $13.59 $1.14 – $4.17

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