X-ray abdomen 1 view 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

$305.52

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.

$381.89

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.

$8.04 with Humana vs $340.65 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.

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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
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.04 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.04 ↓ -97%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $8.04 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $8.20 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.44 ↓ -97%
Iowa Health Medicare Advantage $8.44 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare PPO $11.64 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HMO $11.64 ↓ -96%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $14.80 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $14.80 ↓ -95%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $17.09 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $17.50 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $18.55 ↓ -94%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $168.03 ↓ -45%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $168.03 ↓ -45%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $302.46 ↓ -1%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $338.74 ↑ +11%
Aetna HMO $340.65 ↑ +11%
Aetna PPO $340.65 ↑ +11%

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X-ray abdomen 1 view at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $141.60 $84.28 – $93.60
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $163.15 $99.37 – $251.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $163.15 $94.88 – $282.53
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $234.00 $80.14 – $360.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $163.15 $95.93 – $251.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $163.80 $59.22 – $252.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $163.15 $129.19 – $262.35
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $251.00 $5.54 – $251.00

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