Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) 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

$3,842.40

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.

$4,803.00

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.

$1,386.72 with Aetna vs $14,306.74 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,386.72 ↓ -64%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $1,386.72 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,386.72 ↓ -64%
Ambetter HMO $1,386.72 ↓ -64%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,414.45 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,456.06 ↓ -62%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,456.06 ↓ -62%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $1,456.06 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,456.06 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare Options & Molina MMAI Medicare Advantage $1,456.06 ↓ -62%
BC Illinois Community MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $2,996.69 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield POS $2,996.69 ↓ -22%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $2,999.82 ↓ -22%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $3,082.30 ↓ -20%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $3,567.49 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $3,567.49 ↓ -7%
Aetna HMO $3,577.21 ↓ -7%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $3,697.02 ↓ -4%
Aetna PPO $4,353.23 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare HMO $4,802.90 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare PPO $4,802.90 ↑ +25%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $14,306.74 ↑ +272%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital —
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital —
Aetna Better Health Managed Care not published by hospital —
Meridian Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Molina Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $2,995.20 $4,592.64 – $9,902.79
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo $2,995.20 $2,970.16 – $2,970.16
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $5,474.00 – $30,439.09
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $12,700.00 – $36,806.70
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $11,784.00 – $36,806.70
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $12,700.00 – $36,806.70
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange not published $5,474.00 – $30,439.09
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon not published $18,789.56 – $19,729.04

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