Rp loclzj tum spect w/ct 1 at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital
1200 Pleasant St, Des Moines, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1356433049
$2,746.19
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.
$3,432.73
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.
$62.22 with Aetna vs $3,001.30 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 | $62.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $63.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $63.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $65.33 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $65.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $65.33 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $92.10 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $92.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $108.28 | ↓ -96% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $113.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $113.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $131.33 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $133.70 | ↓ -95% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $899.38 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $1,009.22 | ↓ -63% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,257.77 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,257.77 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | HMO | $2,620.65 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | PPO | $3,001.30 | ↑ +9% |
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Rp loclzj tum spect w/ct 1 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $2,263.95 | $41.54 – $3,483.00 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $1,939.60 | $1,065.29 – $2,986.36 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $3,118.05 | $1,192.19 – $4,797.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $3,285.10 | $1,252.70 – $5,054.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $2,689.05 | $972.20 – $4,137.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $2,645.76 | $62.22 – $1,742.89 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $2,683.42 | $62.22 – $2,683.42 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $2,566.53 | $62.22 – $1,298.91 |