Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown
55 UnityPoint Way, Marshalltown, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1629503057
$1,094.40
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.
$1,368.00
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.
$79.10 with Aetna vs $601.63 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.
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 | $79.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $80.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $80.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $83.06 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $83.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $83.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $160.80 | ↓ -85% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $160.80 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $177.46 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $189.20 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | PPO | $199.70 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | HMO | $199.70 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $212.21 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $285.10 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $285.10 | ↓ -74% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $396.61 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $443.76 | ↓ -59% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $601.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $601.63 | ↓ -45% |
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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $851.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $2,080.00 | $562.78 – $2,133.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $995.80 | $288.94 – $1,342.40 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,725.10 | $355.57 – $1,769.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $426.00 | $77.93 – $284.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $1,748.50 | $593.78 – $1,793.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,028.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $1,028.40 | $380.33 – $388.62 |