Echo exam uterus 76831- 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

$482.84

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.

$603.55

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.

$31.85 with Aetna vs $513.02 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 $31.85 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $32.49 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $33.44 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $33.44 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare HMO $45.95 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare PPO $45.95 ↓ -90%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $60.50 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $60.50 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $67.43 ↓ -86%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $67.73 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $71.10 ↓ -85%
Aetna HMO $79.09 ↓ -84%
Aetna PPO $91.14 ↓ -81%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $206.02 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $206.02 ↓ -57%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $279.44 ↓ -42%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $513.02 ↑ +6%

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Echo exam uterus 76831- at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $283.20 $231.38 – $306.80
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $491.40 $193.54 – $756.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $309.60 $231.38 – $323.93
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $309.60 $175.44 – $327.04
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,501.50 $22.15 – $1,640.10
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $638.20 $31.85 – $420.41
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $484.68 $31.85 – $484.67
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $782.62 $31.85 – $394.24

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