Bx arm/elbow soft tissue supf 24065 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

$1,275.20

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.

$1,594.00

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.

$147.61 with Aetna vs $1,380.95 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 $147.61 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $150.56 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $154.99 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $154.99 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $310.36 ↓ -76%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $317.00 ↓ -75%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $317.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna HMO $371.26 ↓ -71%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $373.00 ↓ -71%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $393.98 ↓ -69%
Aetna PPO $451.68 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare HMO $509.26 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare PPO $509.26 ↓ -60%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,380.95 ↑ +8%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,380.95 ↑ +8%
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Bx arm/elbow soft tissue supf 24065 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $465.60 not published
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $7,292.00 $1,333.86 – $4,861.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $489.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $489.00 $594.95 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,275.20 $147.61 – $1,342.97
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,275.20 $147.61 – $1,424.56
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,275.20 $147.61 – $1,612.08
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,275.20 $147.61 – $1,561.02

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