Ep & ablate ventric tachy 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

$34,432.92

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.

$43,041.14

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.

$861.22 with Aetna vs $36,584.97 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 $861.22 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $878.44 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $904.28 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $904.28 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,967.10 ↓ -94%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,967.10 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $2,225.95 ↓ -94%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $2,260.88 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $2,314.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna HMO $2,526.41 ↓ -93%
Aetna PPO $3,074.60 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare HMO $3,433.53 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare PPO $3,433.53 ↓ -90%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $19,928.05 ↓ -42%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $20,909.23 ↓ -39%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $20,909.23 ↓ -39%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $36,584.97 ↑ +6%

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Ep & ablate ventric tachy at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $23,534.40 $23,482.81 – $25,495.60
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $20,038.20 $273.39 – $50,744.36
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $26,211.90 $10,323.46 – $56,627.11
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $26,193.60 $23,482.81 – $28,376.40
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $111,891.66 $9.09 – $50,506.05
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $36,450.48 $861.22 – $24,011.75
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,747.20 $861.22 – $21,569.52
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,747.20 $861.22 – $24,408.77

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