Arthrp ntrcrp/crp/mtcr ntrps at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center

802 Kenyon Road, Fort Dodge, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1487759858

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$4,086.40

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.

$5,108.00

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.

$726.40 with Aetna vs $2,765.43 with Amerigroup — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $726.40 ↓ -82%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $740.93 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $762.72 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $762.72 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,536.26 ↓ -62%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,577.40 ↓ -61%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,577.40 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO $1,832.16 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,855.80 ↓ -55%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $2,006.53 ↓ -51%
Aetna PPO $2,228.89 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare HMO $2,553.95 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare PPO $2,553.95 ↓ -38%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $2,765.43 ↓ -32%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $2,765.43 ↓ -32%
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Arthrp ntrcrp/crp/mtcr ntrps at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $44,087.72 $4.56 – $6,322.47
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $25,647.04 $0.36 – $14,087.30
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $2,878.00 $37.24 – $288.16
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $42,404.82 $0.96 – $6,322.47
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $4,086.40 $726.40 – $2,689.38
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $4,086.40 $726.40 – $2,852.76
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $4,086.40 $726.40 – $3,228.27
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $4,086.40 $726.40 – $3,126.02

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