Hopd mntl hlt, 30-60 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

$174.82

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.

$218.52

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.

$76.48 with Health Partners Open Network vs $174.38 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
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $76.48 ↓ -56%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $78.67 ↓ -55%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $78.67 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $78.67 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $86.99 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $86.99 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicare Advantage $86.99 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $89.55 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare Advantage $89.55 ↓ -49%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $89.55 ↓ -49%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $93.75 ↓ -46%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $104.89 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare PPO $159.08 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare HMO $159.08 ↓ -9%
Aetna HMO $161.70 ↓ -8%
Aetna PPO $172.63 ↓ -1%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $174.38 ↓ -0%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Hopd mntl hlt, 30-60 min at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $860.00 $235.98 – $860.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $174.82 $86.99 – $141.38
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $173.93 $71.09 – $173.93
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $171.51 $67.74 – $133.77
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $177.29 $58.06 – $119.57
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $178.52 $81.00 – $197.93
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $175.26 $56.96 – $142.40
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $177.80 $77.78 – $136.46

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