Marker lymphatic sentimag magtrace 10 vial 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

$880.65

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.

$1,100.81

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.

$345.65 with Health Partners Open Network vs $11,948.90 with Humana — 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
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $345.65 ↓ -61%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $367.67 ↓ -58%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $412.80 ↓ -53%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $603.24 ↓ -32%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $1,137.96 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare HMO $1,137.96 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare PPO $1,137.96 ↑ +29%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,137.96 ↑ +29%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,137.96 ↑ +29%
Aetna HMO $2,105.22 ↑ +139%
Aetna PPO $2,105.22 ↑ +139%
Molina Medicare Advantage $11,607.51 ↑ +1218%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $11,607.51 ↑ +1218%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11,607.51 ↑ +1218%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11,948.90 ↑ +1257%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $11,948.90 ↑ +1257%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11,948.90 ↑ +1257%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Marker lymphatic sentimag magtrace 10 vial at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,262.93 $376.55 – $1,942.97
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,123.61 $684.36 – $1,728.63
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $1,262.93 $734.44 – $2,187.01
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,262.93 $376.55 – $1,942.97
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $1,283.48 $754.69 – $1,974.59
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $1,283.48 $342.39 – $1,974.59
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $1,283.48 $1,016.32 – $2,063.84
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $1,974.59 $322.25 – $1,974.59

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