Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital
1200 Pleasant St, Des Moines, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1356433049
$268.08
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.
$335.09
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.
$77.91 with United Healthcare vs $198.70 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.
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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| United Healthcare | HMO | $77.91 | ↓ -71% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $77.91 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $78.43 | ↓ -71% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $87.79 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $98.52 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | PPO | $105.87 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | HMO | $105.87 | ↓ -61% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $127.83 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $189.16 | ↓ -29% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $189.16 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $189.16 | ↓ -29% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $191.44 | ↓ -29% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $191.44 | ↓ -29% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $194.73 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $194.73 | ↓ -27% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $194.73 | ↓ -27% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $198.70 | ↓ -26% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $198.70 | ↓ -26% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $198.70 | ↓ -26% |
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Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,125.90 | $41.45 – $325.56 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $200.40 | $190.20 – $217.10 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $300.95 | $148.07 – $374.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $463.00 | $28.35 – $463.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $223.20 | $190.20 – $241.80 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $70.80 | $86.14 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $300.95 | $108.81 – $463.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $245.89 | $77.91 – $198.70 |