Dx dark adaptation exam i&r 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

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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.

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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.

$22.00 with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield vs $343.37 with Amerigroup — 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
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $22.00 —
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $22.00 —
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $23.32 —
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $26.00 —
Aetna Medicare Advantage $26.73 —
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $26.73 —
Ambetter HMO $26.73 —
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $27.26 —
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $28.07 —
Humana Medicare Advantage $28.07 —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $28.07 —
Aetna HMO $28.15 —
Aetna PPO $33.50 —
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $86.66 —
United Healthcare HMO $149.94 —
United Healthcare PPO $149.94 —
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $343.37 —
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $343.37 —

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Dx dark adaptation exam i&r at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport not published $381.97 – $534.76
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport not published $381.97 – $534.76
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo not published $22.00 – $330.75
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $22.00 – $350.85
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $22.00 – $397.03
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines not published $22.00 – $384.46
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa not published $22.00 – $86.66
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown not published $22.00 – $388.30

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