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Clsd tx humerus fract without manip 24500 at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital

1200 Pleasant St, Des Moines, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1356433049

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$1,755.20

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.

$2,194.00

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.

$163.89 with Medica Exchange Inspire vs $798.00 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 $163.89 ↓ -91%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $183.91 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Advantage $228.37 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $228.37 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $228.37 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $231.12 ↓ -87%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $231.12 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $235.08 ↓ -87%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $235.08 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage $235.08 ↓ -87%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $270.86 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $310.07 ↓ -82%
Aetna HMO $481.55 ↓ -73%
Aetna PPO $551.49 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare HMO $583.77 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare PPO $583.77 ↓ -67%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $678.30 ↓ -61%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $678.30 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $798.00 ↓ -55%

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Clsd tx humerus fract without manip 24500 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $634.20 not published
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $350.35 $91.90 – $534.40
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $666.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $666.00 $810.30 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,755.20 $198.83 – $678.30
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,755.20 $105.83 – $678.30
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,755.20 $228.37 – $828.71
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,755.20 $193.18 – $472.04

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