Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution 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

$110.00

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.

$137.50

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.

$5.73 with United Healthcare vs $46.28 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
United Healthcare PPO $5.73 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO $5.73 ↓ -95%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $9.38 ↓ -91%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $9.52 ↓ -91%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $9.52 ↓ -91%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $9.52 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $13.22 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $20.64 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.75 ↓ -81%
Iowa Health Medicare Advantage $21.24 ↓ -81%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $21.24 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage $21.27 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $21.27 ↓ -81%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $22.83 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $22.83 ↓ -79%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $41.09 ↓ -63%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $46.02 ↓ -58%
Aetna PPO $46.28 ↓ -58%
Aetna HMO $46.28 ↓ -58%

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Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,949.30 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $43.00 $15.35 – $43.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,080.00 $61.96 – $156.50
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $43.00 $16.25 – $48.40
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,081.00 $12.17 – $43.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $1,080.00 $59.81 – $156.50
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $1,080.00 $36.78 – $156.50
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $1,080.00 $80.55 – $163.57

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