Implant cochlear osia osi300 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

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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.

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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.

$2,851.00 with United Healthcare vs $7,254.98 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 HMO $2,851.00
United Healthcare PPO $2,851.00
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $5,714.69
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $5,714.69
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $5,714.69
Molina Medicare Advantage $5,828.98
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $5,828.98
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5,828.98
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $5,903.04
Humana Medicare Advantage $6,000.42
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6,000.42
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $6,000.42
Aetna HMO $6,388.84
Aetna PPO $6,388.84
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $7,254.98

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Implant cochlear osia osi300 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $6,237.66 $155.89 – $436.67
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $6,040.03 $215.33 – $543.90
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $6,357.14 $165.06 – $491.52
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $6,357.14 $123.58 – $436.67
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $6,357.14 $166.90 – $436.67
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $6,357.14 $102.62 – $436.67
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $6,357.14 $224.75 – $456.41
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $48,020.46 $0.96 – $24,925.18

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