Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center

210 Fourth Ave, Grinnell, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1669420501

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

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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.

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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.

$588.59 with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield vs $615.15 with Iowa Total Care — 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
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $588.59
Aetna Medicare Advantage $588.59
Molina Medicare Advantage $588.59
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $605.90
Humana Medicare Advantage $605.90
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $605.90
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $615.15
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $615.15

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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,937.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $2,034.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $2,034.00 $928.00 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $4,630.11 $588.59 – $2,506.04
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $1,290.16 $419.30 – $1,048.26
UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids $8,199.99 $543.80 – $5,616.99
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center Sheldon $1,432.00 $510.15 – $1,611.00
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs $963.48 $344.10 – $1,949.90

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