Interrog&prgrmg ipnss polysm at UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital
1026 A Avenue N.E, Cedar Rapids, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1083708226
$364.00
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.
$455.00
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.
$80.28 with Aetna vs $608.78 with Aetna — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $80.28 | ↓ -78% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $81.89 | ↓ -78% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $81.89 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $84.29 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $84.29 | ↓ -77% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $84.29 | ↓ -77% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $174.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellmark UHP Self-Funded | Commercial | $174.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $204.90 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $224.51 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $268.60 | ↓ -26% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $268.60 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $475.58 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | HMO | $585.23 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | PPO | $608.78 | ↑ +67% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Interrog&prgrmg ipnss polysm at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $364.00 | $80.28 – $429.07 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $364.00 | $80.28 – $547.66 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $364.00 | $80.28 – $224.51 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $364.00 | $80.28 – $387.67 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $364.00 | $80.28 – $224.51 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $364.00 | $80.28 – $527.08 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $364.00 | $80.28 – $447.77 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf | Bettendorf | $364.00 | $80.28 – $432.57 |