MRA chest wwo IV cont 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

$4,346.57

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.

$5,433.21

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.

$307.31 with Iowa Total Care vs $2,863.30 with Cigna/Midlands — 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
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $307.31 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $307.31 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $335.86 ↓ -92%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $335.86 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $335.86 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $345.74 ↓ -92%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $345.74 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $345.74 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $515.10 ↓ -88%
Ambetter HMO $526.84 ↓ -88%
Aetna HMO $772.98 ↓ -82%
Aetna PPO $881.12 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare PPO $917.17 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare HMO $917.17 ↓ -79%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $1,901.62 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $2,129.82 ↓ -51%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $2,863.30 ↓ -34%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO not published by hospital —
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO not published by hospital —
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial not published by hospital —

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MRA chest wwo IV cont at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $4,137.00 $305.55 – $4,137.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,689.05 $305.55 – $4,137.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $3,659.50 $282.58 – $5,630.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,730.49 $296.02 – $1,399.53
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $733.60 $314.00 – $843.64
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $733.60 $339.99 – $355.33
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $3,007.65 $339.99 – $1,627.89
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $3,954.94 $1,794.55 – $4,385.04

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