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Emb/throm/fempop/aor/ilia/leg inc 34201 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

$5,004.80

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.

$6,256.00

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.

$868.96 with Aetna vs $4,607.36 with Iowa Total Care — 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 $868.96 ↓ -83%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $886.34 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $912.41 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $912.41 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,996.12 ↓ -60%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,998.40 ↓ -60%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,998.40 ↓ -60%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $2,327.10 ↓ -54%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $2,351.10 ↓ -53%
Aetna HMO $2,358.90 ↓ -53%
Aetna PPO $2,870.87 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare PPO $3,127.63 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare HMO $3,127.63 ↓ -38%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $4,607.36 ↓ -8%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $4,607.36 ↓ -8%
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Emb/throm/fempop/aor/ilia/leg inc 34201 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,955.40 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $4,392.00 $30.40 – $351.36
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $2,053.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $2,053.20 $928.00 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $5,004.80 $868.96 – $4,480.65
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $5,004.80 $868.96 – $4,752.85
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $5,004.80 $868.96 – $5,378.48
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $5,004.80 $868.96 – $5,208.13

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