Arthrt glenhumrl jt w/expl 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

$3,246.40

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.

$4,058.00

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.

$601.90 with Aetna vs $6,147.19 with Iowa Total Care — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $601.90 ↓ -81%
Ambetter HMO $601.90 ↓ -81%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $601.90 ↓ -81%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $613.94 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $632.00 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage $632.00 ↓ -81%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $632.00 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,233.99 ↓ -62%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,311.10 ↓ -60%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,311.10 ↓ -60%
Aetna HMO $1,464.90 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,542.50 ↓ -52%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $1,601.58 ↓ -51%
Aetna PPO $1,783.92 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare HMO $2,028.21 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare PPO $2,028.21 ↓ -38%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $6,147.19 ↑ +89%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $6,147.19 ↑ +89%
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Arthrt glenhumrl jt w/expl at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $3,246.40 $601.90 – $5,921.26
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $3,246.40 $601.90 – $6,280.98
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $3,246.40 $601.90 – $7,107.76
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $3,246.40 $601.90 – $6,882.64
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $3,246.40 $601.90 – $1,601.58
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $3,246.40 $601.90 – $6,951.54
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $3,246.40 $527.54 – $6,326.64
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine $3,246.40 $601.90 – $6,169.62

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