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Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center
802 Kenyon Road, Fort Dodge, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1487759858
$377.60
Cash price 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.
$472.00
Gross charge 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.
$78.23 with Amerigroup vs $333.06 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $78.23 | ↓ -79% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $78.23 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $86.32 | ↓ -77% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $86.32 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $88.86 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $88.86 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $145.34 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | HMO | $225.44 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | PPO | $237.79 | ↓ -37% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $240.88 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $240.88 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $273.60 | ↓ -28% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $273.60 | ↓ -28% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $321.80 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $333.06 | ↓ -12% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $466.20 | $87.86 – $123.01 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $638.95 | $85.29 – $983.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $477.75 | $290.99 – $735.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $477.75 | $280.92 – $735.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $201.50 | $62.31 – $530.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $735.00 | $201.68 – $735.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $396.50 | $91.99 – $974.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $519.60 | $87.86 – $123.01 |