Vaccine hepatitis a (hepa) hepatitis b (hepb) adult im 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

$119.20

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.

$149.00

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.

$116.82 with Health Partners Open Network vs $182.65 with Cigna/Midlands — 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 $116.82 ↓ -2%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $132.43 ↑ +11%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $132.43 ↑ +11%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $132.43 ↑ +11%
Aetna HMO $134.18 ↑ +13%
Aetna PPO $134.18 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare HMO $142.61 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare PPO $142.61 ↑ +20%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $182.65 ↑ +53%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital —
Molina Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Vaccine hepatitis a (hepa) hepatitis b (hepb) adult im at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $124.80 $38.59 – $192.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $112.22 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $124.80 $68.54 – $192.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $281.00 $72.45 – $193.17
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $118.95 $69.17 – $205.98
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $124.80 $54.34 – $192.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $118.95 $69.94 – $183.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $124.80 $45.12 – $476.49

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