Brace back pinnacle lo 627 lumbar at UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
210 Fourth Ave, Grinnell, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1669420501
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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.
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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.
$245.87 with United Healthcare vs $625.66 with Cigna/Midlands — 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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| United Healthcare | PPO | $245.87 | — |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $245.87 | — |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $482.97 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $482.97 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $482.97 | — |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $509.06 | — |
| Aetna | HMO | $550.98 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | $550.98 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $601.87 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $601.87 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $601.87 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $619.57 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $619.57 | — |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $619.57 | — |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $625.66 | — |
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Brace back pinnacle lo 627 lumbar at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $869.63 | $95.33 – $802.74 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $1,083.17 | $109.80 – $277.34 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $869.63 | $100.94 – $300.58 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $869.63 | $75.57 – $802.74 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $869.63 | $102.06 – $267.04 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $869.63 | $62.75 – $802.74 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $869.63 | $137.45 – $279.11 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,337.90 | $53.68 – $802.74 |