Tc-99m sulfur colloid at UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center
1795 Highway 64 Est, Anamosa, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1164514741
$334.40
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.
$418.00
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.
$80.29 with Health Partners Open Network vs $280.46 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.
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 | $80.29 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | PPO | $86.86 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | HMO | $86.86 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $125.78 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $126.48 | ↓ -62% |
| Iowa Health | Medicare Advantage | $129.48 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $129.48 | ↓ -61% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $129.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $129.64 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $139.12 | ↓ -58% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $139.12 | ↓ -58% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $161.26 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $161.26 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $161.26 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $240.30 | ↓ -28% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $240.30 | ↓ -28% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $250.42 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $259.91 | ↓ -22% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $280.46 | ↓ -16% |
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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $201.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $855.40 | $305.38 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $855.40 | $338.65 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $855.40 | $323.34 – $962.84 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $855.40 | $242.08 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $855.40 | $326.93 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $855.40 | $201.02 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $855.40 | $440.27 – $894.06 |