Proctosigmoidoscopy control bleed 45317 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

$496.80

Cash price

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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.

$621.00

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.

$99.12 with Aetna vs $1,004.95 with Amerigroup — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $99.12 ↓ -80%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $101.10 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage $104.08 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $104.08 ↓ -79%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $213.10 ↓ -57%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $213.10 ↓ -57%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $218.23 ↓ -56%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $250.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna HMO $262.71 ↓ -47%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $264.71 ↓ -47%
Aetna PPO $320.34 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare HMO $346.92 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare PPO $346.92 ↓ -30%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,004.95 ↑ +102%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,004.95 ↑ +102%
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Proctosigmoidoscopy control bleed 45317 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $432.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $453.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $453.60 $551.88 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $496.80 $99.12 – $977.31
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $496.80 $99.12 – $1,036.68
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $496.80 $99.12 – $1,173.14
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $496.80 $99.12 – $1,135.99
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $496.80 $99.12 – $264.71

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