Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa 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

$367.72

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$459.65

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$23.85 with Humana vs $410.01 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Humana Medicare Advantage $23.85 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.85 ↓ -94%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $23.85 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $24.33 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $25.04 ↓ -93%
Iowa Health Medicare Advantage $25.04 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare PPO $34.96 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare HMO $34.96 ↓ -90%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $45.70 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $45.70 ↓ -88%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $50.69 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $53.70 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $55.69 ↓ -85%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $202.25 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $202.25 ↓ -45%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $364.04 ↓ -1%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $407.71 ↑ +11%
Aetna HMO $410.01 ↑ +12%
Aetna PPO $410.01 ↑ +12%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $176.40 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $313.95 $93.79 – $483.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $393.90 $239.92 – $606.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $204.10 $88.86 – $314.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $393.90 $231.61 – $606.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $471.25 $98.49 – $725.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $393.90 $311.91 – $633.39
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $503.00 $98.68 – $503.00

All Iowa hospitals for this procedure →