Braf gene 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

$351.20

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.

$439.00

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.

$73.67 with Medica Exchange Inspire vs $280.64 with Ambetter — 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
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $73.67 ↓ -79%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $82.51 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare HMO $105.24 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare PPO $105.24 ↓ -70%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $110.92 ↓ -68%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $175.40 ↓ -50%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $175.40 ↓ -50%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $175.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $178.91 ↓ -49%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $178.91 ↓ -49%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $178.91 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $184.17 ↓ -48%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $184.17 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare Advantage $184.17 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $245.58 ↓ -30%
Aetna HMO $251.98 ↓ -28%
Aetna PPO $251.98 ↓ -28%
Ambetter HMO $280.64 ↓ -20%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Braf gene at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $163.15 $91.87 – $352.55
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $1,095.00 $169.96 – $1,095.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $711.75 $169.96 – $1,095.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $526.00 $144.33 – $526.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $711.75 $169.96 – $1,095.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $711.75 $169.96 – $1,095.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $351.20 $99.14 – $245.58
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $351.20 $3.50 – $245.58

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