Obstetric panel inc HIV tstg 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

$164.00

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.

$205.00

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.

$41.59 with Medica Exchange Insure vs $143.73 with Aetna — 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
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $41.59 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare HMO $44.92 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare PPO $44.92 ↓ -73%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $57.49 ↓ -65%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $74.86 ↓ -54%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $74.86 ↓ -54%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $74.86 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $76.36 ↓ -53%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $76.36 ↓ -53%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $76.36 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $78.60 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $78.60 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $116.46 ↓ -29%
Aetna PPO $143.73 ↓ -12%
Aetna HMO $143.73 ↓ -12%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid 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

Obstetric panel inc HIV tstg at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $164.00 $42.31 – $116.46
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $164.00 $3.50 – $116.46
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $164.00 $28.39 – $78.60
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $164.00 $23.54 – $116.46
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $164.00 $35.73 – $79.68
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $164.00 $31.44 – $78.60
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $164.00 $23.36 – $116.46
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $164.00 $31.44 – $119.78

All Iowa hospitals for this procedure →