Rmvl icd pulse gen only 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

$525.60

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.

$657.00

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.

$187.38 with Aetna vs $3,620.97 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 $187.38 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicare Advantage $191.13 ↓ -64%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $191.13 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare Advantage $196.75 ↓ -63%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $196.75 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $196.75 ↓ -63%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $427.00 ↓ -19%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $427.00 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $443.45 ↓ -16%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $499.90 ↓ -5%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $502.40 ↓ -4%
Aetna HMO $510.65 ↓ -3%
Aetna PPO $621.89 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare PPO $656.98 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare HMO $656.98 ↑ +25%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $3,620.97 ↑ +589%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $3,620.97 ↑ +589%
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Rmvl icd pulse gen only at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $3,702.60 $3,483.61 – $4,011.15
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $3,721.25 $63.05 – $7,254.98
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $2,258.10 $889.34 – $8,096.04
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $4,276.80 $3,483.61 – $4,633.20
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $431.40 $524.87 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $2,031.90 $734.61 – $7,220.91
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,813.02 $187.38 – $3,016.53
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $24,659.08 $187.38 – $24,659.08

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