Impl ear abutment ba300 9mm 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.

$908.77 with United Healthcare vs $2,312.57 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.

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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
United Healthcare PPO $908.77 —
United Healthcare HMO $908.77 —
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,821.59 —
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,821.59 —
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,821.59 —
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,881.63 —
Aetna HMO $2,036.41 —
Aetna PPO $2,036.41 —
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,224.52 —
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,224.52 —
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $2,224.52 —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,289.95 —
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,289.95 —
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $2,289.95 —
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $2,312.57 —

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Impl ear abutment ba300 9mm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $3,704.37 $704.67 – $3,052.04
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $3,519.59 $1,207.45 – $3,049.88
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $3,704.37 $1,213.38 – $3,613.18
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $3,704.37 $704.67 – $3,210.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $3,704.37 $1,226.86 – $3,210.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $3,704.37 $630.49 – $3,210.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $3,704.37 $1,652.19 – $3,355.09
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $5,699.03 $593.41 – $3,200.13

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