Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos 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

$93.16

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.

$116.45

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.

$26.14 with Health Alliance vs $110.92 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
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $26.14 ↓ -72%
Ambetter HMO $26.14 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $26.14 ↓ -72%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $26.66 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $27.45 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $27.45 ↓ -71%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $27.45 ↓ -71%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $40.76 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $45.65 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $49.26 ↓ -47%
Aetna HMO $57.63 ↓ -38%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $59.40 ↓ -36%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $59.40 ↓ -36%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $61.37 ↓ -34%
Aetna PPO $69.70 ↓ -25%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $69.90 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare HMO $83.60 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare PPO $83.60 ↓ -10%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $110.92 ↑ +19%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $110.92 ↑ +19%

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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $83.40 $90.35 – $123.39
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $210.60 $91.69 – $324.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $306.80 $180.40 – $472.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $197.60 $71.44 – $304.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $306.80 $242.94 – $493.33
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $486.20 $125.59 – $748.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $306.80 $125.94 – $472.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $228.80 $90.11 – $352.00

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