Cell function assay w/stim at UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown

55 UnityPoint Way, Marshalltown, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1629503057

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$335.20

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.

$419.00

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.

$57.06 with Health Partners Open Network vs $142.65 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.

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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
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $57.06 ↓ -83%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $58.69 ↓ -82%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $58.69 ↓ -82%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $58.69 ↓ -82%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $69.94 ↓ -79%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $78.25 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare PPO $81.52 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO $81.52 ↓ -76%
Aetna HMO $120.64 ↓ -64%
Aetna PPO $128.79 ↓ -62%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $130.10 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $138.58 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $138.58 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicare Advantage $138.58 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare Advantage $142.65 ↓ -57%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $142.65 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $142.65 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Cell function assay w/stim at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $214.50 $131.65 – $330.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $335.20 $76.79 – $211.35
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $335.20 $3.50 – $211.35
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $335.20 $51.52 – $142.65
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $335.20 $42.71 – $211.35
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $335.20 $64.85 – $144.61
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $335.20 $42.39 – $211.35
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $335.20 $57.06 – $217.38

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