Treat wrist dislocation 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

$2,169.60

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.

$2,712.00

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.

$143.78 with Medica Exchange Inspire vs $982.30 with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield — 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 $143.78 ↓ -93%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $161.43 ↓ -93%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $210.99 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $210.99 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Advantage $226.84 ↓ -90%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $226.84 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $226.84 ↓ -90%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $233.51 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage $233.51 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $233.51 ↓ -89%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $235.90 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $380.39 ↓ -82%
Aetna HMO $468.09 ↓ -78%
Aetna PPO $486.93 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare HMO $597.22 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare PPO $597.22 ↓ -72%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $834.90 ↓ -62%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $834.90 ↓ -62%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $982.30 ↓ -55%

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Treat wrist dislocation at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $1,445.00 $96.89 – $999.33
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,169.60 $198.83 – $834.90
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,169.60 $210.91 – $1,247.52
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,169.60 $96.57 – $834.90
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,169.60 $111.69 – $834.90
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $2,169.60 $105.33 – $257.38
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $2,169.60 $225.58 – $514.33
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $2,169.60 $212.45 – $834.90

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