Sodium chloride 3 % ivpb 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

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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.

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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.

$0.09 with Health Partners Open Network vs $0.15 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
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $0.09
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $0.13
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $0.13
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $0.13
Aetna HMO $0.15
United Healthcare PPO $0.15
United Healthcare HMO $0.15
Aetna PPO $0.15

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Sodium chloride 3 % ivpb at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $30.00 $10.71 – $75.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $30.00 $4.95 – $75.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $30.00 $11.34 – $75.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $35.00 $8.49 – $75.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $30.00 $11.47 – $75.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $30.00 $7.05 – $75.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $30.00 $15.44 – $75.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $30.00 $6.03 – $75.00

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