Exc coccygl pr ulc flap clsr 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

$1,952.00

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.

$2,440.00

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.

$717.05 with Aetna vs $3,120.29 with Amerigroup — 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 $717.05 ↓ -63%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $731.39 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $752.90 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $752.90 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,429.71 ↓ -27%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,437.10 ↓ -26%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,437.10 ↓ -26%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,690.70 ↓ -13%
Aetna HMO $1,726.29 ↓ -12%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $1,905.72 ↓ -2%
Aetna PPO $2,100.21 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare HMO $2,439.62 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare PPO $2,439.62 ↑ +25%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $3,120.29 ↑ +60%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $3,120.29 ↑ +60%
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Exc coccygl pr ulc flap clsr at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,952.00 $717.05 – $3,034.49
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,952.00 $717.05 – $3,218.83
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,952.00 $717.05 – $3,642.53
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,952.00 $717.05 – $3,527.16
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,952.00 $717.05 – $1,905.72
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $1,952.00 $717.05 – $3,562.47
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $1,952.00 $634.40 – $3,242.23
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $1,952.00 $717.05 – $3,150.27

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