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Esophagoscopy lesion ablate at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline

2701 17th St, Rock Island, IL · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1316047632

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

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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.

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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.

$175.21 with Blue Cross and Blue Shield vs $2,959.78 with Iowa Total Care — 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
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $175.21
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $175.21
Ambetter HMO $175.21
Aetna Medicare Advantage $175.21
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $178.71
Humana Medicare Advantage $183.97
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $183.97
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $183.97
Molina Medicare Options & Molina MMAI Medicare Advantage $183.97
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $183.97
Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $338.21
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $338.21
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $373.50
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $409.81
Aetna HMO $467.75
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $469.21
Aetna PPO $569.63
United Healthcare PPO $621.66
United Healthcare HMO $621.66
Blue Cross and Blue Shield POS $803.95
BC Illinois Community MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $968.38
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $2,959.78

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Esophagoscopy lesion ablate at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $2,086.46 – $5,948.88
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $601.00 – $5,650.66
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $5,750.58 – $12,362.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $5,658.00 – $8,003.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $5,750.58 – $12,362.00

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