Tigecycline injection at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center
118 N 7th Ave, Sheldon, IA · Sanford Health · · NPI 1841200623
$271.86
Cash price 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.
$339.82
Gross charge 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.
$36.48 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $115.19 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $36.48 | ↓ -87% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $39.16 | ↓ -86% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $39.55 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $39.55 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota | Medicare Replacement | $39.55 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $39.55 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $39.55 | ↓ -85% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $40.32 | ↓ -85% |
| Wellmark | HMO | $64.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Wellmark | PPO | $66.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $68.58 | ↓ -75% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $68.58 | ↓ -75% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $70.39 | ↓ -74% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $80.67 | ↓ -70% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $80.67 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $84.47 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $95.99 | ↓ -65% |
| Medica | Choice | $105.59 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $106.87 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $111.22 | ↓ -59% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $112.45 | ↓ -59% |
| Medica | Elect | $112.89 | ↓ -58% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $115.19 | ↓ -58% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $115.19 | ↓ -58% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $115.19 | ↓ -58% |
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Tigecycline injection at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $117.25 | not published |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $78.20 | $18.38 – $78.20 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $78.20 | $15.72 – $78.20 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $78.20 | $21.46 – $78.20 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $78.20 | $20.02 – $78.20 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $117.25 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $117.25 | $66.44 – $142.66 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $508.10 | $119.40 – $508.10 |