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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) 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

$4,600.84

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.

$5,751.04

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.

$87.76 with Aetna vs $2,254.41 with Medica Exchange Insure — 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 $87.76 ↓ -98%
Ambetter HMO $87.76 ↓ -98%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $87.76 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $89.52 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $92.15 ↓ -98%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $92.15 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $92.15 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare HMO $127.80 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare PPO $127.80 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $181.60 ↓ -96%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $181.60 ↓ -96%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $185.30 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $200.82 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $213.70 ↓ -95%
Aetna HMO $226.50 ↓ -95%
Aetna PPO $261.36 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $307.31 ↓ -93%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $307.31 ↓ -93%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $2,012.86 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $2,254.41 ↓ -51%

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $6,054.30 $87.76 – $2,224.95
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $3,127.72 $87.76 – $2,060.39
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $4,115.15 $2,419.71 – $6,331.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,690.40 $341.85 – $478.59
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $3,944.20 $312.99 – $6,068.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $4,115.15 $2,506.44 – $6,331.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $4,070.30 $321.26 – $6,262.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $4,115.15 $2,393.12 – $7,126.17

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