Plmt nephroureteral catheter at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital
1200 Pleasant St, Des Moines, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1356433049
$5,705.78
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.
$7,132.22
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.
$227.30 with Aetna vs $7,929.20 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $227.30 | ↓ -96% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $231.85 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $231.85 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $238.67 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $238.67 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $238.67 | ↓ -96% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $470.53 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $479.40 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $479.40 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $564.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $603.80 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $818.74 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $818.74 | ↓ -86% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $1,868.64 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $2,096.87 | ↓ -63% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $3,322.91 | ↓ -42% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $3,322.91 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | HMO | $6,923.54 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | PPO | $7,929.20 | ↑ +39% |
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Plmt nephroureteral catheter at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $2,794.35 | $575.87 – $6,843.44 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $4,426.20 | $3,301.42 – $4,621.99 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $4,988.10 | $1,826.41 – $7,043.23 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $5,112.60 | $3,301.42 – $4,621.99 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $5,628.80 | $227.30 – $2,858.76 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $5,628.80 | $227.30 – $3,236.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $5,628.80 | $227.30 – $3,431.60 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $6,293.55 | $227.30 – $6,977.97 |