Endo abl/incom vein/ext/rad fre/#1 36475 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

$6,633.60

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$8,292.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$238.94 with Aetna vs $2,682.66 with Amerigroup — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $238.94 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $243.72 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $250.89 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $250.89 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $544.50 ↓ -92%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $544.50 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $573.90 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $635.30 ↓ -90%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $640.19 ↓ -90%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $640.60 ↓ -90%
Aetna PPO $773.35 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare PPO $859.24 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare HMO $859.24 ↓ -87%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $2,682.66 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $2,682.66 ↓ -60%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Endo abl/incom vein/ext/rad fre/#1 36475 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $5,714.40 $3,012.85 – $4,126.85
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $10,636.60 $2,907.59 – $10,910.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $10,250.50 $36.35 – $10,513.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $13,762.45 $3,055.17 – $14,115.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $6,600.00 $3,012.85 – $4,217.99
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $3,432.00 $928.00 – $4,175.60
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $6,633.60 $238.94 – $3,786.74
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $6,633.60 $238.94 – $4,685.75

All Iowa hospitals for this procedure →