Esophagoscopy rigid balloon at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline
2701 17th St, Rock Island, IL · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1316047632
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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.
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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.
$166.79 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.
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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| Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $166.79 | — |
| Ambetter | HMO | $166.79 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $166.79 | — |
| Health Alliance | Medicare Advantage | $166.79 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $170.13 | — |
| Meridian Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $175.13 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $175.13 | — |
| Molina Medicare Options & Molina | MMAI Medicare Advantage | $175.13 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $175.13 | — |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $175.13 | — |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield | POS | $270.49 | — |
| BC Illinois Community | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $270.49 | — |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $322.01 | — |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $322.01 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $358.70 | — |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $363.17 | — |
| Aetna | HMO | $416.83 | — |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $444.27 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | $506.63 | — |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $571.76 | — |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $571.76 | — |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $2,959.78 | — |
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Esophagoscopy rigid balloon at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $3,965.92 – $5,948.88 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $524.00 – $10,934.08 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $926.00 – $6,693.19 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $3,126.00 – $7,614.56 |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center | Libertyville | not published | $3,277.00 – $7,614.56 |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital | Downers Grove | not published | $3,126.00 – $7,614.56 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange | La Grange | not published | $926.00 – $6,693.19 |
| SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon | Mount Vernon | not published | $4,131.60 – $4,338.18 |