Alprostadil for injection at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf

4500 Utica Ridge Road, Bettendorf, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1124110820

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$10.40

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.

$13.00

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.

$2.86 with Cigna/Midlands vs $10.27 with United Healthcare — 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
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $2.86 ↓ -73%
Aetna HMO $4.38 ↓ -58%
Aetna PPO $4.38 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $5.57 ↓ -46%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $6.56 ↓ -37%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $6.56 ↓ -37%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $6.56 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare HMO $10.27 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare PPO $10.27 ↓ -1%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital —
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Ambetter HMO not published by hospital —
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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