Replace g/c tube perc 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

$1,623.35

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.

$2,029.18

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.

$58.76 with Aetna vs $1,724.80 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 $58.76 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $59.94 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $61.70 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $61.70 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $124.50 ↓ -92%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $124.50 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $129.80 ↓ -92%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $146.50 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $151.46 ↓ -91%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $155.63 ↓ -90%
Aetna PPO $183.61 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare HMO $211.56 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare PPO $211.56 ↓ -87%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $799.09 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $799.09 ↓ -51%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $939.51 ↓ -42%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $1,724.80 ↑ +6%

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Replace g/c tube perc at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $916.80 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $855.40 $264.52 – $1,760.83
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,366.30 $538.11 – $2,102.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $962.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $962.40 $928.00 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,714.70 $619.93 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,818.91 $58.76 – $1,198.20
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