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Endocervical curettage 57505 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

$316.80

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.

$396.00

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.

$97.86 with Aetna vs $847.32 with Amerigroup — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $97.86 ↓ -69%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $99.82 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare Advantage $99.82 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $102.75 ↓ -68%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $102.75 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $102.75 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $170.35 ↓ -46%
Aetna PPO $202.39 ↓ -36%
Aetna HMO $202.39 ↓ -36%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $208.00 ↓ -34%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $208.00 ↓ -34%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $244.80 ↓ -23%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $264.10 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare HMO $311.79 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare PPO $311.79 ↓ -2%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $847.32 ↑ +167%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $847.32 ↑ +167%
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Endocervical curettage 57505 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $187.80 not published
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $473.85 $35.15 – $1,995.44
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $197.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $197.40 $240.17 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $2,052.05 $31.74 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $316.80 $97.86 – $721.74
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $316.80 $97.86 – $765.58
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $316.80 $97.86 – $866.36

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