Complex repair trunk 2.6-7.5cm 13101 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

$1,137.90

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.

$1,422.37

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.

$222.05 with Aetna vs $776.91 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $222.05 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare Advantage $226.49 ↓ -80%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $226.49 ↓ -80%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $233.15 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage $233.15 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $233.15 ↓ -80%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $438.70 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $438.70 ↓ -61%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $475.07 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $479.49 ↓ -58%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $516.10 ↓ -55%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $533.39 ↓ -53%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $538.41 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $538.41 ↓ -53%
Aetna HMO $558.90 ↓ -51%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $592.88 ↓ -48%
Aetna PPO $680.87 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare HMO $776.91 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare PPO $776.91 ↓ -32%

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Complex repair trunk 2.6-7.5cm 13101 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $809.40 $585.94 – $820.32
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $977.40 $585.94 – $820.32
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $977.40 $553.86 – $919.07
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $985.60 $222.05 – $592.88
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $985.60 $222.05 – $660.18
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,266.99 $222.05 – $638.24
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $985.60 $185.65 – $589.75
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $985.60 $222.05 – $616.15

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