Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$85.60

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.

$107.00

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.

$20.32 with United Healthcare vs $74.45 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
United Healthcare PPO $20.32 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO $20.32 ↓ -76%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $33.39 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $33.57 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $33.86 ↓ -60%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $33.86 ↓ -60%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $33.86 ↓ -60%
Iowa Health Medicare Advantage $34.37 ↓ -60%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $34.37 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare Advantage $34.41 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $34.41 ↓ -60%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $36.93 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $36.93 ↓ -57%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $41.97 ↓ -51%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $44.02 ↓ -49%
Aetna HMO $64.34 ↓ -25%
Aetna PPO $64.34 ↓ -25%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $66.47 ↓ -22%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $74.45 ↓ -13%

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $107.40 $33.86 – $33.86
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $120.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $120.00 $65.96 – $141.62
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $85.60 $20.32 – $52.67
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $85.60 $3.50 – $67.14
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $85.60 $20.32 – $44.02
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $85.60 $20.32 – $52.67
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $85.60 $20.32 – $44.02

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