Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body at UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital
1026 A Avenue N.E, Cedar Rapids, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1083708226
$495.20
Cash price 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.
$619.00
Gross charge 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.
$54.12 with Medica Exchange Inspire vs $383.77 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $54.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $60.77 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $88.80 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $113.77 | ↓ -77% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $116.05 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $116.05 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $119.46 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $119.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $119.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Wellmark UHP Self-Funded | Commercial | $245.10 | ↓ -51% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $245.10 | ↓ -51% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $249.22 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $288.40 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | HMO | $298.86 | ↓ -40% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $350.98 | ↓ -29% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $350.98 | ↓ -29% |
| Aetna | PPO | $363.21 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $383.77 | ↓ -23% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $383.77 | ↓ -23% |
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Ghs removal pharyngeal foreign body at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $320.40 | $161.85 – $381.97 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $741.00 | $322.62 – $1,140.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $336.60 | $195.65 – $381.97 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $336.60 | $102.34 – $219.73 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $495.20 | $113.77 – $330.75 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $495.20 | $69.01 – $350.85 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $495.20 | $113.77 – $397.03 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $495.20 | $96.30 – $384.46 |