Fresh frozen plasma 8-24 hours collection each unit 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

$302.84

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.

$378.55

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.

$62.53 with Iowa Total Care vs $207.45 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 $62.53 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $62.53 ↓ -79%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $71.09 ↓ -77%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $71.09 ↓ -77%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $71.09 ↓ -77%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $72.51 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare Advantage $72.51 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $72.51 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $74.64 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $74.64 ↓ -75%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $74.64 ↓ -75%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $112.74 ↓ -63%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $126.44 ↓ -58%
Aetna HMO $138.73 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $141.96 ↓ -53%
Aetna PPO $144.31 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare PPO $177.00 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare HMO $177.00 ↓ -42%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $207.45 ↓ -31%

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Fresh frozen plasma 8-24 hours collection each unit at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $152.75 $64.78 – $306.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $337.35 $205.47 – $519.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $337.35 $196.18 – $584.19
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $242.45 $66.49 – $373.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $337.35 $198.36 – $519.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $242.45 $72.29 – $403.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $337.35 $267.13 – $542.46
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $288.00 $57.89 – $546.00

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