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Removal of bone for graft 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

$696.80

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$871.00

Gross charge

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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.

$243.85 with Aetna vs $6,147.19 with Amerigroup — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $243.85 ↓ -65%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $243.85 ↓ -65%
Ambetter HMO $243.85 ↓ -65%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $248.73 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $256.04 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $256.04 ↓ -63%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $256.04 ↓ -63%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $528.20 ↓ -24%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $528.20 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $533.93 ↓ -23%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $621.40 ↓ -11%
Aetna HMO $639.31 ↓ -8%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $652.17 ↓ -6%
Aetna PPO $778.70 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare HMO $870.73 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare PPO $870.73 ↑ +25%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $6,147.19 ↑ +782%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $6,147.19 ↑ +782%
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Removal of bone for graft at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $34,469.09 $0.96 – $27,474.19
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $104,104.65 $0.96 – $14,087.30
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $996.00 $252.54 – $996.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $380.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $380.40 $462.82 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $78,036.26 $4.56 – $24,808.12
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $696.80 $243.85 – $5,921.26
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $696.80 $243.85 – $6,280.98

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