Vaccine covid-19 moderna >=12yrs 50mcg/0.5ml 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

$233.60

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.

$292.00

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.

$144.64 with United Healthcare vs $189.70 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 $144.64 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare HMO $144.64 ↓ -38%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $161.65 ↓ -31%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $161.65 ↓ -31%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $161.65 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicare Advantage $164.89 ↓ -29%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $164.89 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $164.89 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $169.73 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage $169.73 ↓ -27%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $169.73 ↓ -27%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $174.58 ↓ -25%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $189.70 ↓ -19%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital —
Aetna PPO not published by hospital —
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Aetna HMO not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital —

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Vaccine covid-19 moderna >=12yrs 50mcg/0.5ml at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $286.65 $121.01 – $441.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $273.00 $161.65 – $420.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $273.00 $158.76 – $472.75
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $286.65 $124.80 – $441.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $273.00 $160.52 – $420.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $286.65 $103.64 – $571.27
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $273.00 $161.65 – $438.98
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $441.00 $88.64 – $441.00

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