Blood split unit 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

$302.84

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.

$378.55

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.

$93.67 with Health Partners Open Network vs $335.77 with Medica Exchange Insure — 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
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $93.67 ↓ -69%
Aetna PPO $116.61 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO $116.61 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $141.80 ↓ -53%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $141.80 ↓ -53%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $141.80 ↓ -53%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $142.25 ↓ -53%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $150.59 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $151.42 ↓ -50%
Iowa Health Medicare Advantage $155.02 ↓ -49%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $155.02 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare Advantage $155.21 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $155.21 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare PPO $158.53 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare HMO $158.53 ↓ -48%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $166.56 ↓ -45%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $166.56 ↓ -45%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $299.81 ↓ -1%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $335.77 ↑ +11%

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Blood split unit at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $661.05 $140.46 – $1,017.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $512.20 $152.72 – $788.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $788.00 $143.97 – $788.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $512.20 $143.97 – $788.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $512.20 $146.13 – $788.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $302.84 $93.67 – $199.50
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $302.84 $93.67 – $302.84
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $302.84 $93.67 – $152.56

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