Care mgmt svc bhvl hlth cond at UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital

1026 A Avenue N.E, Cedar Rapids, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1083708226

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$100.80

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.

$126.00

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.

$26.20 with Iowa Total Care vs $85.93 with Cigna/Midlands — 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
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $26.20 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $26.20 ↓ -74%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $28.17 ↓ -72%
Molina Medicare Advantage $28.17 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $28.17 ↓ -72%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $29.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $29.00 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $29.00 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $47.24 ↓ -53%
Aetna HMO $58.13 ↓ -42%
Aetna PPO $60.47 ↓ -40%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $60.60 ↓ -40%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $60.60 ↓ -40%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $60.60 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare HMO $71.89 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare PPO $71.89 ↓ -29%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $85.93 ↓ -15%
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Care mgmt svc bhvl hlth cond at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $100.80 $24.69 – $85.93
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $100.80 $26.19 – $115.92
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $100.80 $28.36 – $85.93
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $100.80 $28.36 – $85.93
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $100.80 $39.68 – $85.93
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $100.80 $28.02 – $85.93
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $100.80 $26.38 – $85.93
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $100.80 $25.64 – $85.93

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