Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf
4500 Utica Ridge Road, Bettendorf, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1124110820
$1,910.79
Cash price 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.
$2,388.48
Gross charge 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.
$107.60 with Aetna vs $936.28 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $107.60 | ↓ -94% |
| Ambetter | HMO | $107.60 | ↓ -94% |
| Health Alliance | Medicare Advantage | $107.60 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $109.75 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $112.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $112.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Meridian Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $112.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $226.50 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $226.50 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $235.02 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $266.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | HMO | $278.78 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $286.65 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | PPO | $339.10 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $387.19 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $387.19 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $679.84 | ↓ -64% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $679.84 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $835.97 | ↓ -56% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $936.28 | ↓ -51% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,006.20 | $756.26 – $1,058.77 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $960.70 | $527.65 – $1,566.34 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $2,212.60 | $684.20 – $3,404.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,871.35 | $737.02 – $2,879.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,099.20 | $756.26 – $1,058.77 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $2,707.90 | $738.54 – $4,166.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,519.21 | $107.60 – $1,000.78 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $1,259.42 | $107.60 – $1,259.42 |