Dressing change not for burn w/anes 15852 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

$116.00

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.

$145.00

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.

$39.78 with Aetna vs $609.05 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $39.78 ↓ -66%
Molina Medicare Advantage $40.58 ↓ -65%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $40.58 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -64%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $41.77 ↓ -64%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $78.90 ↓ -32%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $78.90 ↓ -32%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $88.29 ↓ -24%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $92.80 ↓ -20%
Aetna HMO $104.54 ↓ -10%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $106.32 ↓ -8%
Aetna PPO $127.32 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare PPO $144.80 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare HMO $144.80 ↑ +25%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $609.05 ↑ +425%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $609.05 ↑ +425%
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Dressing change not for burn w/anes 15852 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $137.40 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $150.00 $12.36 – $92.86
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $144.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $144.00 $175.20 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $116.00 $39.78 – $507.38
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $116.00 $39.78 – $538.20
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,218.02 $39.78 – $589.75
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $116.00 $39.78 – $106.32

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