Treat fracture of ulna 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

$2,404.80

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.

$3,006.00

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.

$204.46 with Iowa Total Care vs $1,078.90 with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield — 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
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $204.46 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $204.46 ↓ -91%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $225.59 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $225.59 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $232.23 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $232.23 ↓ -90%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $268.86 ↓ -89%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $371.64 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $379.83 ↓ -84%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $493.59 ↓ -79%
Aetna HMO $589.15 ↓ -76%
Aetna PPO $621.44 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare HMO $629.51 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare PPO $629.51 ↓ -74%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $917.10 ↓ -62%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $917.10 ↓ -62%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,078.90 ↓ -55%

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Treat fracture of ulna at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $1,604.00 $115.72 – $1,604.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,404.80 $198.83 – $917.10
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,404.80 $177.77 – $921.93
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,404.80 $228.37 – $1,123.10
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,404.80 $211.69 – $917.10
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $2,404.80 $193.18 – $472.04
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $2,404.80 $225.59 – $565.66
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $2,404.80 $212.45 – $917.10

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