Suction lipectomy head&neck 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

$575.20

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.

$719.00

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.

$545.40 with Wellmark UPH Self-Funded vs $9,401.94 with United Healthcare — 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
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $545.40 ↓ -5%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $545.40 ↓ -5%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $598.87 ↑ +4%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $641.70 ↑ +12%
Aetna HMO $710.34 ↑ +23%
Aetna PPO $864.48 ↑ +50%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3,442.92 ↑ +499%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,442.92 ↑ +499%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $3,442.92 ↑ +499%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,544.19 ↑ +516%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,544.19 ↑ +516%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,544.19 ↑ +516%
Ambetter HMO $5,400.66 ↑ +839%
United Healthcare HMO $9,401.94 ↑ +1535%
United Healthcare PPO $9,401.94 ↑ +1535%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Cigna/Midlands Commercial not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital —
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital —

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Suction lipectomy head&neck at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,147.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $1,147.20 $928.00 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $575.20 $545.40 – $3,544.19
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $575.20 $545.40 – $4,065.56
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $575.20 $545.40 – $3,587.78
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $575.20 $545.40 – $3,587.78
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $575.20 $545.40 – $710.34
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $575.20 $545.40 – $3,544.19

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