Aep hearing status deter i&r at UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center

1795 Highway 64 Est, Anamosa, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1164514741

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

$204.00

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.

$255.00

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.

$72.22 with Humana vs $235.28 with United Healthcare — 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $72.22 ↓ -65%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $72.22 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $72.22 ↓ -65%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $73.66 ↓ -64%
Iowa Health Medicare Advantage $75.83 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $75.83 ↓ -63%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $134.50 ↓ -34%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $134.50 ↓ -34%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $158.20 ↓ -22%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $168.65 ↓ -17%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $198.22 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare PPO $235.28 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare HMO $235.28 ↑ +15%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna PPO not published by hospital —
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna HMO not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital —

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Aep hearing status deter i&r at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $267.15 $82.61 – $411.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $877.11 $72.22 – $577.79
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $204.00 $72.22 – $273.79
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $204.00 $72.22 – $309.83
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,366.71 $72.22 – $502.26
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $877.11 $72.22 – $526.26
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $540.67 $66.30 – $390.63
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $204.00 $72.22 – $267.96

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