Ultrasound pregnant uterus limited >= 1 fetuses 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

$536.66

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.

$670.82

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.

$28.56 with Aetna vs $270.34 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.

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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 $28.56 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Advantage $29.13 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $29.13 ↓ -95%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $29.99 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $29.99 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $29.99 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare PPO $41.37 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare HMO $41.37 ↓ -92%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $54.50 ↓ -90%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $54.50 ↓ -90%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $60.08 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $60.76 ↓ -89%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $64.20 ↓ -88%
Aetna HMO $71.02 ↓ -87%
Aetna PPO $81.76 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $105.81 ↓ -80%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $105.81 ↓ -80%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $241.50 ↓ -55%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $270.34 ↓ -50%

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Ultrasound pregnant uterus limited >= 1 fetuses at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $294.60 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $434.20 $93.79 – $668.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $632.45 $9.80 – $973.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $512.20 $96.27 – $788.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $632.45 $371.88 – $973.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $874.90 $98.49 – $1,346.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $634.00 $9.80 – $634.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $973.00 $9.80 – $973.00

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