Diag laparo separate proc 49320 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

$807.20

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.

$1,009.00

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.

$292.53 with Aetna vs $4,972.71 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 $292.53 ↓ -64%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $298.38 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $307.16 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $307.16 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $607.09 ↓ -25%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $643.70 ↓ -20%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $643.70 ↓ -20%
Aetna HMO $725.07 ↓ -10%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $757.30 ↓ -6%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $778.01 ↓ -4%
Aetna PPO $881.90 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare HMO $1,008.04 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare PPO $1,008.04 ↑ +25%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $4,972.71 ↑ +516%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $4,972.71 ↑ +516%
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Diag laparo separate proc 49320 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $590.40 not published
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $24,453.90 $15.28 – $11,736.86
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $35,313.39 $100.86 – $11,736.86
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $58,543.15 $1.92 – $13,097.50
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $619.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $619.80 $754.09 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,182.00 $15.28 – $116.32
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $807.20 $292.53 – $4,835.96

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