Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/us gdn; ea addtl 10006 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

$1,293.12

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.

$1,616.40

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.

$45.05 with Aetna vs $806.58 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $45.05 ↓ -97%
Ambetter HMO $45.05 ↓ -97%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $45.05 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $45.95 ↓ -96%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $47.30 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $47.30 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $47.30 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $60.61 ↓ -95%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $87.70 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $87.70 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $103.20 ↓ -92%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $120.84 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare HMO $157.13 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare PPO $157.13 ↓ -88%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $565.74 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $633.63 ↓ -51%
Aetna HMO $806.58 ↓ -38%
Aetna PPO $806.58 ↓ -38%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/us gdn; ea addtl 10006 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $377.40 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,623.70 $45.05 – $2,498.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $167.00 $27.48 – $105.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $471.25 $27.48 – $725.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $3,998.40 $45.05 – $1,534.15
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $436.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $436.20 $247.18 – $264.99
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $235.30 $27.48 – $3,576.15

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