Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 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

$464.00

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.

$580.00

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.

$89.87 with Ambetter vs $269.41 with Aetna — 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
Ambetter HMO $89.87 ↓ -81%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $89.87 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $89.87 ↓ -81%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $91.67 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage $94.36 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $94.36 ↓ -80%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $94.36 ↓ -80%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $134.63 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $134.63 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $186.67 ↓ -60%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $193.50 ↓ -58%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $193.50 ↓ -58%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $195.30 ↓ -58%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $218.73 ↓ -53%
Aetna HMO $221.15 ↓ -52%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $227.70 ↓ -51%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $236.16 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare HMO $259.82 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare PPO $259.82 ↓ -44%
Aetna PPO $269.41 ↓ -42%

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Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $316.20 $149.77 – $209.67
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $352.20 $149.77 – $209.67
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $331.20 $402.96 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $464.00 $65.87 – $193.50
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $464.00 $89.87 – $259.44
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $464.00 $89.87 – $236.16
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $710.40 $89.87 – $261.07
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $464.00 $89.87 – $236.16

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