Drain cath image guided visceral pq at UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown
55 UnityPoint Way, Marshalltown, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1629503057
$2,999.34
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.
$3,749.17
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.
$174.28 with Aetna vs $1,799.60 with Medica Exchange Insure — 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 | $174.28 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $177.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $177.77 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $182.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $182.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $182.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $367.10 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $367.10 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $422.23 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $431.90 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $463.56 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | PPO | $478.47 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | HMO | $478.47 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $632.28 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $632.28 | ↓ -79% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,576.65 | ↓ -47% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,576.65 | ↓ -47% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $1,608.39 | ↓ -46% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $1,799.60 | ↓ -40% |
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Drain cath image guided visceral pq at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,765.80 | $1,550.93 – $1,807.65 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $572.00 | $114.97 – $3,206.43 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $371.80 | $114.97 – $3,206.43 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $5,241.60 | $1,598.08 – $8,064.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,927.20 | $1,550.93 – $2,087.80 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $2,195.05 | $793.60 – $4,235.59 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $2,999.34 | $174.28 – $1,975.81 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $2,888.03 | $174.28 – $2,888.02 |