Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn 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

$145.60

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.

$182.00

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.

$25.05 with Amerivantage vs $77.60 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
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $25.05 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $25.05 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25.05 ↓ -83%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $25.55 ↓ -82%
Iowa Health Medicare Advantage $26.30 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $26.30 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare PPO $27.89 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare HMO $27.89 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $31.76 ↓ -78%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $32.97 ↓ -77%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $38.50 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $38.50 ↓ -74%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $44.62 ↓ -69%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $44.62 ↓ -69%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $44.62 ↓ -69%
Aetna HMO $64.34 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $69.29 ↓ -52%
Aetna PPO $71.02 ↓ -51%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $77.60 ↓ -47%

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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $189.60 $51.14 – $71.60
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $226.00 $16.61 – $184.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $226.00 $16.61 – $150.97
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $243.75 $47.99 – $375.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $159.90 $94.02 – $246.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $162.50 $49.09 – $250.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $159.90 $126.62 – $257.12
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $348.00 $49.19 – $348.00

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