Njx interlaminar crv/thrc 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

$1,902.04

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.

$2,377.55

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.

$99.52 with Aetna vs $2,196.55 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 $99.52 ↓ -95%
Ambetter HMO $99.52 ↓ -95%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $99.52 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $101.51 ↓ -95%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $104.50 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $104.50 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $104.50 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $195.54 ↓ -90%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $208.60 ↓ -89%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $208.60 ↓ -89%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $245.40 ↓ -87%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $268.55 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare HMO $346.79 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare PPO $346.79 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $766.10 ↓ -60%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $766.10 ↓ -60%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $832.14 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $932.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna HMO $1,926.97 ↑ +1%
Aetna PPO $2,196.55 ↑ +15%

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Njx interlaminar crv/thrc at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $227.50 $95.11 – $350.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,681.24 $99.52 – $1,107.51
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $602.40 $99.52 – $782.77
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $602.40 $99.52 – $885.81
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,430.98 $99.52 – $893.38
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $602.40 $99.52 – $268.55
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $1,681.24 $99.52 – $1,008.74
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $602.40 $99.52 – $788.46

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