Vaccine dtap < 7 years im 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

$74.99

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.

$93.73

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.

$26.61 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $84.04 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 $26.61 ↓ -65%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $28.57 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $28.85 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $28.85 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $28.85 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $28.85 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $28.85 ↓ -62%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $29.41 ↓ -61%
Wellmark HMO $46.69 ↓ -38%
Wellmark PPO $48.56 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $50.03 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $50.03 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $51.36 ↓ -32%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $58.86 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $58.86 ↓ -22%
Health Partners State Employees $61.63 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Commercial $70.04 ↓ -7%
Medica Choice $77.04 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $77.97 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $81.15 ↑ +8%
Ucare Commercial $82.04 ↑ +9%
Medica Elect $82.36 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $84.04 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $84.04 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $84.04 ↑ +12%

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Vaccine dtap < 7 years im at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $61.39 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $142.05 $19.28 – $54.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $67.00 $16.88 – $67.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $142.05 $19.28 – $57.41
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $142.05 $15.28 – $54.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $33.15 $19.49 – $51.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $35.10 $12.69 – $110.26
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $142.05 $26.25 – $53.31

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