MRA without fol w/cont, abd at UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center
1795 Highway 64 Est, Anamosa, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1164514741
$4,463.89
Cash price 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.
$5,579.86
Gross charge 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.
$2,025.49 with Health Partners Open Network vs $4,977.24 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $2,025.49 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $2,219.67 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $2,231.94 | ↓ -50% |
| Iowa Health | Medicare Advantage | $2,284.95 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $2,284.95 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $2,287.74 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $2,287.74 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $2,455.14 | ↓ -45% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $2,455.14 | ↓ -45% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $2,845.73 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $2,845.73 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $2,845.73 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $4,240.69 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $4,240.69 | ↓ -5% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $4,419.25 | ↓ -1% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $4,586.64 | ↑ +3% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $4,949.34 | ↑ +11% |
| Aetna | HMO | $4,977.24 | ↑ +12% |
| Aetna | PPO | $4,977.24 | ↑ +12% |
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MRA without fol w/cont, abd at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $5,086.00 | $307.19 – $5,086.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $3,305.90 | $307.19 – $5,086.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,807.65 | $284.09 – $2,781.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $3,039.40 | $307.19 – $4,676.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $2,005.20 | $296.02 – $1,621.70 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $1,729.29 | $314.00 – $1,729.29 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $733.60 | $339.99 – $355.33 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $2,378.29 | $339.99 – $1,287.25 |