Pr repair superficial wd simple scalp/neck/ax/gent/trunk/ext 2.6-7.5 cm at UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
210 Fourth Ave, Grinnell, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1669420501
$401.61
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.
$502.01
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.
$51.94 with Aetna vs $202.31 with Medica Exchange Insure — 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $51.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $52.98 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $52.98 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $54.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $54.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $54.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $104.30 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $104.30 | ↓ -74% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $108.85 | ↓ -73% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $122.80 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | HMO | $130.01 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $139.34 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | PPO | $158.14 | ↓ -61% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $180.72 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $184.32 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $184.32 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $197.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $197.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $202.31 | ↓ -50% |
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Pr repair superficial wd simple scalp/neck/ax/gent/trunk/ext 2.6-7.5 cm at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $256.20 | $190.20 – $266.28 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $1,168.70 | $18.32 – $374.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $330.00 | $18.32 – $420.97 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $330.00 | $18.32 – $374.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $330.00 | $18.32 – $390.90 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $330.00 | $18.32 – $277.63 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $374.00 | $18.32 – $374.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $598.00 | $18.75 – $434.67 |