Dest mal lesion feenlm <0.5cm 17280 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

$341.60

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.

$427.00

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.

$79.78 with Aetna vs $271.36 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 $79.78 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare Advantage $81.38 ↓ -76%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $81.38 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $83.77 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage $83.77 ↓ -75%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $83.77 ↓ -75%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $157.10 ↓ -54%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $157.10 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $165.90 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $174.77 ↓ -49%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $174.77 ↓ -49%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $184.80 ↓ -46%
Aetna HMO $199.70 ↓ -42%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $210.83 ↓ -38%
Aetna PPO $243.92 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare PPO $271.36 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare HMO $271.36 ↓ -21%
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Dest mal lesion feenlm <0.5cm 17280 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $255.60 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $252.85 $154.01 – $389.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $420.25 $26.10 – $434.67
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $268.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $268.20 $326.31 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $341.60 $79.78 – $210.83
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $341.60 $79.78 – $392.84
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $341.60 $79.78 – $210.83

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