Ablation cryo retro lymph node at UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital
1026 A Avenue N.E, Cedar Rapids, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1083708226
$1,036.09
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.
$1,295.11
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.
$384.53 with Amerigroup vs $1,088.42 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.
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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| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $384.53 | ↓ -63% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $384.53 | ↓ -63% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $413.42 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $413.42 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $413.42 | ↓ -60% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $425.58 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $425.58 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $425.58 | ↓ -59% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $432.57 | ↓ -58% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $485.67 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $693.26 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $709.72 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | HMO | $853.09 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | PPO | $887.41 | ↓ -14% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $1,088.42 | ↑ +5% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $1,088.42 | ↑ +5% |
| Wellmark UHP Self-Funded | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Ablation cryo retro lymph node at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $511.20 | $418.48 – $522.60 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $557.40 | $418.48 – $585.87 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $373.80 | $454.79 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $699.56 | $362.37 – $625.45 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $699.56 | $306.06 – $697.81 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $859.53 | $279.35 – $698.37 |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs | $321.72 | $18.12 – $314.06 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | not published | $384.38 – $798.32 |