Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory 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

$97.89

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.

$122.36

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.

$38.67 with Health Partners Open Network vs $155.67 with Amerigroup — 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
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $38.67 ↓ -60%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $44.05 ↓ -55%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $49.31 ↓ -50%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $76.35 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare HMO $89.08 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare PPO $89.08 ↓ -9%
Aetna HMO $117.47 ↑ +20%
Aetna PPO $117.47 ↑ +20%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $148.95 ↑ +52%
Molina Medicare Advantage $148.95 ↑ +52%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $148.95 ↑ +52%
Humana Medicare Advantage $153.33 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $153.33 ↑ +57%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $153.33 ↑ +57%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $155.67 ↑ +59%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $155.67 ↑ +59%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO not published by hospital
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO not published by hospital
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial not published by hospital

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Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $97.80 $39.00 – $149.77
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $227.50 $70.35 – $350.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $252.85 $99.58 – $389.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $109.20 $44.20 – $149.77
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $109.20 $23.12 – $49.64
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $243.69 $99.61 – $285.70
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $84.20 $27.57 – $202.24
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $294.81 $133.77 – $326.87

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