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Proton treatment complex 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.

$781.28 with Aetna vs $3,619.01 with Aetna — 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 $781.28
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $781.28
Ambetter HMO $781.28
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $781.28
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $796.91
Molina Medicare Options & Molina MMAI Medicare Advantage $820.34
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $820.34
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $820.34
Humana Medicare Advantage $820.34
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $820.34
Blue Cross and Blue Shield POS $953.53
BC Illinois Community MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $953.53
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $992.30
United Healthcare HMO $1,127.59
United Healthcare PPO $1,127.59
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,135.15
Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,135.15
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,852.71
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $2,233.75
Aetna HMO $3,218.49
Aetna PPO $3,619.01

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Proton treatment complex at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis not published $1,329.62 – $1,994.43
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $1,275.51 – $3,721.49
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $1,927.94 – $19,395.00
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $1,927.94 – $19,395.00
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $1,927.94 – $19,395.00

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