Sigmoidoscopy w/us guide bx at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center
802 Kenyon Road, Fort Dodge, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1487759858
$428.80
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$536.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$151.48 with Aetna vs $1,004.95 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $151.48 | ↓ -65% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $154.51 | ↓ -64% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $159.05 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $159.05 | ↓ -63% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $323.40 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $323.40 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $380.50 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $405.95 | ↓ -5% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $442.80 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | HMO | $522.73 | ↑ +22% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $535.46 | ↑ +25% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $535.46 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | PPO | $636.63 | ↑ +48% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,004.95 | ↑ +134% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,004.95 | ↑ +134% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Sigmoidoscopy w/us guide bx at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $257.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $257.40 | $313.17 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $428.80 | $151.48 – $977.31 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $428.80 | $151.48 – $1,036.68 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $428.80 | $151.48 – $1,173.14 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $428.80 | $151.48 – $1,135.99 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $428.80 | $151.48 – $442.80 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $428.80 | $151.48 – $1,147.36 |