Ndl insj without njx 1 or 2 musc at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital
1200 Pleasant St, Des Moines, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1356433049
$28.00
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.
$35.00
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.
$9.17 with Medica Exchange Inspire vs $56.31 with Aetna — 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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| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $9.17 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $10.29 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $13.90 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $14.18 | ↓ -49% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $14.18 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $14.60 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $14.60 | ↓ -48% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $14.60 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $15.16 | ↓ -46% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $28.90 | ↑ +3% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $28.90 | ↑ +3% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $31.66 | ↑ +13% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $34.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | HMO | $49.17 | ↑ +76% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $51.89 | ↑ +85% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $51.89 | ↑ +85% |
| Aetna | PPO | $56.31 | ↑ +101% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Ndl insj without njx 1 or 2 musc at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $30.00 | $23.44 – $32.82 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $121.00 | $33.20 – $121.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $78.65 | $27.38 – $121.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $33.60 | $23.44 – $32.82 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $33.60 | $19.04 – $40.88 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $42.90 | $8.23 – $58.94 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $24.00 | $13.90 – $36.89 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $24.00 | $13.90 – $45.12 |