Urethrcystgrphy rtrgrde s&i 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

$574.40

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.

$718.00

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.

$14.37 with Aetna vs $233.02 with Medica Exchange Insure — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.37 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Advantage $14.66 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $14.66 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $15.09 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $15.09 ↓ -97%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $15.09 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare PPO $20.82 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HMO $20.82 ↓ -96%
Wellmark UHP Self-Funded Commercial $26.30 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $26.30 ↓ -95%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $30.53 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $30.90 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $32.09 ↓ -94%
Aetna HMO $37.52 ↓ -93%
Aetna PPO $42.87 ↓ -93%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $207.54 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $212.61 ↓ -63%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $212.61 ↓ -63%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $233.02 ↓ -59%

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Urethrcystgrphy rtrgrde s&i at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $313.80 $231.38 – $271.70
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $787.80 $219.72 – $1,212.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $1,110.00 $223.11 – $1,110.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $721.50 $223.11 – $1,110.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $596.05 $230.87 – $917.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $343.20 $231.38 – $323.93
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $612.30 $221.37 – $942.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $574.40 $14.37 – $353.93

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