Splint dorsal bloc wh med perf 3.2mm lf polyflex ii 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

$881.60

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.

$1,102.00

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.

$119.37 with Medica Exchange Inspire vs $492.70 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.

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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
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $119.37 ↓ -86%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $134.03 ↓ -85%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $195.86 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare PPO $219.83 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare HMO $219.83 ↓ -75%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $418.61 ↓ -53%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $418.61 ↓ -53%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $418.61 ↓ -53%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $449.45 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $449.45 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicare Advantage $449.45 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $455.17 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare Advantage $462.67 ↓ -48%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $462.67 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $462.67 ↓ -48%
Aetna HMO $492.70 ↓ -44%
Aetna PPO $492.70 ↓ -44%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Splint dorsal bloc wh med perf 3.2mm lf polyflex ii at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $43.09 $5.66 – $29.20
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $34.48 $9.25 – $23.36
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $43.09 $11.04 – $32.87
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $43.09 $5.66 – $29.20
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $43.09 $11.16 – $29.20
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $43.09 $5.06 – $29.20
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $43.09 $15.03 – $30.52
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $66.30 $4.77 – $29.20

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