Lap revision perm ip cath 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

$1,017.60

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.

$1,272.00

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.

$361.65 with Aetna vs $5,677.40 with Iowa Total Care — 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 $361.65 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicare Advantage $368.88 ↓ -64%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $368.88 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare Advantage $379.73 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $379.73 ↓ -63%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $379.73 ↓ -63%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $776.44 ↓ -24%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $799.00 ↓ -21%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $799.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna PPO $928.81 ↓ -9%
Aetna HMO $928.81 ↓ -9%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $940.00 ↓ -8%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $965.79 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare PPO $1,271.36 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare HMO $1,271.36 ↑ +25%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $5,677.40 ↑ +458%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $5,677.40 ↑ +458%
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Lap revision perm ip cath at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $755.40 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $29,563.15 $9.09 – $11,736.86
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $793.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $793.20 $928.00 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,476.00 $6.47 – $143.68
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,017.60 $361.65 – $4,835.96
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,017.60 $361.65 – $5,129.74
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,017.60 $361.65 – $5,804.99

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