Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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.

$42.50 with Health Partners Open Network vs $95.92 with Aetna — 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 $42.50 ↓ -87%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $43.71 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $43.71 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $43.71 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $50.25 ↓ -85%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $50.25 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare Advantage $50.25 ↓ -85%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $51.73 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $51.73 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $51.73 ↓ -85%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $51.99 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $51.99 ↓ -84%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $52.09 ↓ -84%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $58.28 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare PPO $71.25 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare HMO $71.25 ↓ -79%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $83.27 ↓ -75%
Aetna HMO $89.85 ↓ -73%
Aetna PPO $95.92 ↓ -71%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $120.60 $51.14 – $71.60
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $194.00 $41.75 – $291.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $336.05 $47.99 – $380.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $162.50 $49.09 – $412.56
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $460.00 $49.19 – $460.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $134.40 $51.14 – $71.60
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $116.40 $65.96 – $141.62
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $162.50 $49.09 – $412.56

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