Vaccine pneumococcal 23 valent (ppsv23) subcutaneous/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

$108.56

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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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$135.69

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.

$29.14 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $92.03 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $29.14 ↓ -73%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $31.29 ↓ -71%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $31.60 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $31.60 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $31.60 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $31.60 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $31.60 ↓ -71%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $32.21 ↓ -70%
Wellmark HMO $51.13 ↓ -53%
Wellmark PPO $53.17 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $54.79 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $54.79 ↓ -50%
Security Health Plan Commercial $56.24 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $64.45 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $64.45 ↓ -41%
Health Partners State Employees $67.49 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Commercial $76.69 ↓ -29%
Medica Choice $84.36 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $85.38 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $88.86 ↓ -18%
Ucare Commercial $89.84 ↓ -17%
Medica Elect $90.18 ↓ -17%
Healthez Commercial $92.03 ↓ -15%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $92.03 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Commercial $92.03 ↓ -15%

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Vaccine pneumococcal 23 valent (ppsv23) subcutaneous/im at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $219.79 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $556.15 $114.70 – $418.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $556.15 $133.47 – $398.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $556.15 $133.47 – $447.99
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $556.15 $118.29 – $418.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $556.15 $133.47 – $398.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $556.15 $98.23 – $471.68
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $556.15 $133.47 – $415.99

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