Glucose monitoring continual min 72hr pt 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

$116.00

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.

$145.00

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.

$55.86 with Molina vs $150.80 with Cigna/Midlands — 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
Molina Medicare Advantage $55.86 ↓ -52%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $55.86 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $55.86 ↓ -52%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $57.51 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare Advantage $57.51 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $57.51 ↓ -50%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $57.80 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $57.80 ↓ -50%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $84.70 ↓ -27%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $124.80 ↑ +8%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $124.80 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare PPO $132.04 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare HMO $132.04 ↑ +14%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $146.90 ↑ +27%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $150.80 ↑ +30%
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital

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Glucose monitoring continual min 72hr pt at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $171.00 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $157.30 $95.81 – $242.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $139.10 $54.32 – $214.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $98.80 $30.55 – $190.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $242.00 $66.40 – $242.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $87.75 $34.56 – $350.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $179.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $179.40 $218.27 – $2,679.00

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