Cath plc art/angio/rt hrt cath at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital
1200 Pleasant St, Des Moines, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1356433049
$13,699.27
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.
$17,124.08
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.
$268.38 with Aetna vs $5,034.48 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.
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 | $268.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $273.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $273.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $281.80 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $281.80 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $281.80 | ↓ -98% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $605.90 | ↓ -96% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $605.90 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $663.90 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $704.83 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $712.80 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | HMO | $735.81 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $839.43 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $839.43 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | PPO | $895.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $3,098.86 | ↓ -77% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $3,098.86 | ↓ -77% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $4,486.51 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $5,034.48 | ↓ -63% |
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Cath plc art/angio/rt hrt cath at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $25,468.36 | $2.28 – $18,643.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $8,271.00 | $3,078.81 – $4,310.34 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $15,981.84 | $2.28 – $16,720.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $7,594.60 | $2,991.10 – $11,684.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $10,422.00 | $3,078.81 – $4,310.34 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $4,677.40 | $96.60 – $6,264.37 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $10,558.58 | $268.38 – $6,955.46 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $10,275.38 | $268.38 – $10,275.38 |