Alys cplx sp/pn npgt w/prgrm at UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital
1026 A Avenue N.E, Cedar Rapids, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1083708226
$134.40
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.
$168.00
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.
$36.07 with Aetna vs $107.22 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.
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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $36.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $36.79 | ↓ -73% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $36.79 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $37.87 | ↓ -72% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $37.87 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $37.87 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $74.99 | ↓ -44% |
| Wellmark UHP Self-Funded | Commercial | $78.70 | ↓ -41% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $78.70 | ↓ -41% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $80.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $80.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | HMO | $89.78 | ↓ -33% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $92.60 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $95.32 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $106.05 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $106.05 | ↓ -21% |
| Aetna | PPO | $107.22 | ↓ -20% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Alys cplx sp/pn npgt w/prgrm at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,640.00 | $89.73 – $1,640.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,066.00 | $89.73 – $1,640.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,170.00 | $91.99 – $1,800.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $373.61 | $36.07 – $246.11 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $134.40 | $36.07 – $154.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $134.40 | $36.07 – $95.32 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $482.36 | $36.07 – $177.27 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $134.40 | $36.07 – $95.32 |