Tirofiban 12.5 mg/50 ml 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

$458.51

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.

$573.13

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.

$103.45 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $326.68 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 $103.45 ↓ -77%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $111.07 ↓ -76%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $112.16 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $112.16 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $112.16 ↓ -76%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $112.16 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $112.16 ↓ -76%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $114.34 ↓ -75%
Wellmark HMO $181.49 ↓ -60%
Wellmark PPO $188.75 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $194.48 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $194.48 ↓ -58%
Security Health Plan Commercial $199.64 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $228.79 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $228.79 ↓ -50%
Health Partners State Employees $239.57 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Commercial $272.24 ↓ -41%
Medica Choice $299.46 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $303.09 ↓ -34%
Aetna Commercial $315.43 ↓ -31%
Ucare Commercial $318.91 ↓ -30%
Medica Elect $320.15 ↓ -30%
Healthez Commercial $326.68 ↓ -29%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $326.68 ↓ -29%
Multiplan Commercial $326.68 ↓ -29%

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Tirofiban 12.5 mg/50 ml at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $452.93 not published
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $359.50 $51.45 – $256.30
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $359.50 $51.45 – $256.30
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $359.50 $51.45 – $256.30
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $452.93 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $452.93 $25.08 – $53.84
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $524.40 $4.10 – $261.66
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley $535.33 $4.10 – $261.66

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