Drng of scrotum abscess 55100 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

$3,386.16

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$4,232.70

Gross charge

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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.

$152.49 with Aetna vs $1,587.26 with Medica Exchange Insure — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $152.49 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Advantage $155.54 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $155.54 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $160.11 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $160.11 ↓ -95%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $160.11 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $312.40 ↓ -91%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $322.20 ↓ -90%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $322.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna HMO $369.94 ↓ -89%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $379.00 ↓ -89%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $405.90 ↓ -88%
Aetna PPO $448.99 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare HMO $518.37 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare PPO $518.37 ↓ -85%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $1,413.72 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,425.10 ↓ -58%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,425.10 ↓ -58%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $1,587.26 ↓ -53%

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Drng of scrotum abscess 55100 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $463.80 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $602.00 $18.75 – $553.79
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $602.00 $18.75 – $523.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $487.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $487.20 $592.76 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $784.55 $18.75 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,840.38 $152.49 – $1,342.97
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,756.82 $152.49 – $1,756.82

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