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Head CT scan 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

$2,154.98

Cash price

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,693.72

Gross charge

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$37.24 with Aetna vs $791.95 with Medica Exchange Insure — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer

Payer Plan Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Advantage $37.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare Advantage $37.98 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $37.98 ↓ -98%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $39.10 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $39.10 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $39.10 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare HMO $54.16 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare PPO $54.16 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $77.00 ↓ -96%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $77.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $78.54 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $81.93 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $90.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna HMO $95.15 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $102.46 ↓ -95%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $102.46 ↓ -95%
Aetna PPO $109.90 ↓ -95%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $705.75 ↓ -67%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $791.95 ↓ -63%

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Head CT scan at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,453.00 $98.68 – $1,993.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,633.45 $96.27 – $2,513.00
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $40,312.09 $4.56 – $2,213.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,066.80 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,368.25 $833.37 – $2,105.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $1,368.25 $804.53 – $2,105.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $1,368.25 $795.69 – $2,369.39
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $742.64 $32.76 – $536.55

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