Cltx thigh fx w/mnpj 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

$7,440.96

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.

$9,301.19

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.

$495.09 with Aetna vs $7,906.01 with Medica Exchange Inspire — 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 $495.09 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $504.99 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $519.84 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $519.84 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $996.46 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,079.40 ↓ -85%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,079.40 ↓ -85%
Aetna HMO $1,198.21 ↓ -84%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,269.90 ↓ -83%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $1,315.04 ↓ -82%
Aetna PPO $1,458.23 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare HMO $1,661.64 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare PPO $1,661.64 ↓ -78%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $4,306.45 ↓ -42%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $7,906.01 ↑ +6%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Cltx thigh fx w/mnpj at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,659.20 $495.09 – $1,315.04
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,659.20 $495.09 – $1,529.04
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,659.20 $448.24 – $1,079.40
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $8,313.84 $495.09 – $3,055.33
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $2,659.20 $495.09 – $1,315.04
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $2,659.20 $495.09 – $1,315.04
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $2,659.20 $432.12 – $1,315.04
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $6,751.20 $495.09 – $3,308.09

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