Ghs ot prosthetic training/15 min 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

$111.52

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.

$139.39

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.

$38.18 with Aetna vs $66.91 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.

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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 $38.18 ↓ -66%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $38.94 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicare Advantage $38.94 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $40.08 ↓ -64%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $40.08 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare Advantage $40.08 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare PPO $40.28 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare HMO $40.28 ↓ -64%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $40.84 ↓ -63%
Aetna PPO $48.24 ↓ -57%
Aetna HMO $48.24 ↓ -57%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $50.18 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $50.18 ↓ -55%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $50.18 ↓ -55%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $59.80 ↓ -46%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $63.76 ↓ -43%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $66.91 ↓ -40%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Ghs ot prosthetic training/15 min at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $59.40 $52.32 – $52.32
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $66.30 $20.50 – $189.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $68.90 $24.86 – $106.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $74.75 $22.27 – $350.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $66.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $66.60 $37.74 – $56.21
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $102.05 $24.86 – $301.50
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $111.52 $38.18 – $73.46

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