Bacterial vaginosis pcr at UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown
55 UnityPoint Way, Marshalltown, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1629503057
$176.80
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.
$221.00
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.
$29.48 with Health Partners Open Network vs $73.71 with United Healthcare — 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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| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $29.48 | ↓ -83% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $30.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $30.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $30.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $36.14 | ↓ -80% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $40.44 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $42.12 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $42.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | HMO | $62.34 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | PPO | $66.55 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $67.22 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $71.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $71.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $71.60 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $73.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $73.71 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $73.71 | ↓ -58% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Bacterial vaginosis pcr at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $190.20 | $70.20 – $70.20 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $521.30 | $68.02 – $802.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $429.00 | $70.20 – $660.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $521.00 | $68.02 – $521.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $338.65 | $68.02 – $521.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $631.15 | $68.02 – $971.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $211.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $219.00 | $105.74 – $227.03 |