Thoracic intern lock elbow 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.

$2,824.01 with United Healthcare vs $9,394.06 with Ambetter — 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
United Healthcare HMO $2,824.01
United Healthcare PPO $2,824.01
BC Illinois Community MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $3,660.38
Blue Cross and Blue Shield POS $3,660.38
Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $4,357.60
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $4,357.60
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $5,547.38
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $5,847.16
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $5,871.29
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $5,988.72
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5,988.72
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $5,988.72
Molina Medicare Options & Molina MMAI Medicare Advantage $5,988.72
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6,164.85
Humana Medicare Advantage $6,164.85
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,164.85
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $6,164.85
Aetna HMO $6,328.40
Aetna PPO $6,328.40
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $7,186.30
Ambetter HMO $9,394.06

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Thoracic intern lock elbow at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo not published $6,679.92 – $6,679.92
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $8,513.37 – $20,260.84
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $8,513.37 – $12,776.59
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove not published $8,513.37 – $20,740.39
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago not published $8,513.37 – $20,875.26
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge not published $8,513.37 – $20,545.57
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin not published $8,513.37 – $11,272.88
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest not published $8,513.37 – $20,815.32

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