Ga-68 gallium 68 dotatate 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

$165.11

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.

$206.38

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.

$51.09 with United Healthcare vs $113.10 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
United Healthcare PPO $51.09 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare HMO $51.09 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $52.11 ↓ -68%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $52.11 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare Advantage $52.11 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $53.64 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $53.64 ↓ -68%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $53.64 ↓ -68%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $55.56 ↓ -66%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $55.56 ↓ -66%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $55.56 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $64.80 ↓ -61%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $68.93 ↓ -58%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $77.39 ↓ -53%
Aetna HMO $94.52 ↓ -43%
Aetna PPO $94.52 ↓ -43%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $113.10 ↓ -32%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Ga-68 gallium 68 dotatate at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $66.60 $30.89 – $55.56
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $151.43 $38.61 – $81.96
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $66.60 $29.14 – $66.43
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs $141.54 $50.55 – $286.45
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport not published $51.09 – $71.53
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport not published $48.90 – $71.53
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $51.09 – $71.51
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $51.09 – $71.51

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