Pet CT whole body initial at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center
802 Kenyon Road, Fort Dodge, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1487759858
$4,528.18
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$5,660.22
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$105.68 with Aetna vs $4,811.19 with Medica Exchange Inspire — 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 →
?
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 | $105.68 | ↓ -98% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $107.79 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $110.96 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $110.96 | ↓ -98% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $153.82 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $153.82 | ↓ -97% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $215.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $215.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $222.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $239.35 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $253.70 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | HMO | $278.78 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | PPO | $320.34 | ↓ -93% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,243.18 | ↓ -73% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,243.18 | ↓ -73% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $2,620.68 | ↓ -42% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $4,811.19 | ↑ +6% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Pet CT whole body initial at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $3,840.00 | $1,396.19 – $1,954.67 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $7,618.78 | $1,282.87 – $9,953.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $6,868.55 | $1,316.78 – $10,567.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $11,540.00 | $1,349.71 – $11,540.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $7,501.00 | $1,349.71 – $11,540.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $5,246.15 | $1,353.53 – $8,071.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $5,768.10 | $1,383.61 – $8,874.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $4,193.40 | $1,396.19 – $1,954.67 |