Tetanus immune globulin 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

$660.69

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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.

$825.86

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.

$213.27 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $673.47 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 $213.27 ↓ -68%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $228.98 ↓ -65%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $231.22 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $231.22 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $231.22 ↓ -65%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $231.22 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $231.22 ↓ -65%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $235.71 ↓ -64%
Wellmark HMO $374.15 ↓ -43%
Wellmark PPO $389.12 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $400.94 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $400.94 ↓ -39%
Security Health Plan Commercial $411.57 ↓ -38%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $471.65 ↓ -29%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $471.65 ↓ -29%
Health Partners State Employees $493.88 ↓ -25%
Health Partners Commercial $561.23 ↓ -15%
Medica Choice $617.35 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $624.83 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $650.27 ↓ -2%
Ucare Commercial $657.46 ↓ -0%
Medica Elect $660.00 ↓ -0%
Healthez Commercial $673.47 ↑ +2%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $673.47 ↑ +2%
Multiplan Commercial $673.47 ↑ +2%

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Tetanus immune globulin inj at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $997.91 $577.05 – $807.87
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $2,622.15 $575.76 – $2,622.15
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MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $2,622.15 $576.77 – $2,622.15
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $2,622.15 $577.05 – $2,622.15
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $2,622.15 $576.77 – $2,622.15
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $2,622.15 $527.05 – $2,622.15
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,622.15 $527.05 – $2,622.15

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