Nelarabine injection 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

$215.85

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.

$269.81

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.

$36.41 with Health Partners Open Network vs $107.41 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.

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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
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $36.41 ↓ -83%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $46.76 ↓ -78%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $52.47 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO $63.18 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare PPO $63.18 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $64.65 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicare Advantage $64.65 ↓ -70%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $64.65 ↓ -70%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $66.55 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $66.55 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage $66.55 ↓ -69%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $69.14 ↓ -68%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $69.14 ↓ -68%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $69.14 ↓ -68%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $77.28 ↓ -64%
Aetna HMO $107.41 ↓ -50%
Aetna PPO $107.41 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Nelarabine injection at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,343.88 $63.38 – $88.73
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,343.88 $60.67 – $88.73
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $1,343.88 $761.53 – $1,635.05
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $397.32 $111.55 – $811.20
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley $405.60 $111.55 – $811.20
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs $347.66 $62.26 – $703.59
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo not published $63.18 – $190.75
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $63.18 – $436.53

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