Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions at UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown
55 UnityPoint Way, Marshalltown, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1629503057
$1,519.21
Cash price 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.
$1,899.01
Gross charge 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.
$110.57 with Aetna vs $911.52 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $110.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $112.78 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $112.78 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $116.10 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $116.10 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $116.10 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $233.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $233.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $241.79 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $274.10 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | PPO | $286.83 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | HMO | $286.83 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $294.23 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $397.44 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $397.44 | ↓ -74% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $768.80 | ↓ -49% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $768.80 | ↓ -49% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $814.68 | ↓ -46% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $911.52 | ↓ -40% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,207.20 | $756.26 – $1,058.77 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $544.70 | $168.44 – $1,521.91 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,753.05 | $690.43 – $2,697.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,318.20 | $756.26 – $1,058.77 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $273.00 | $332.15 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $3,155.10 | $738.54 – $4,854.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,519.21 | $110.57 – $1,000.78 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $1,466.79 | $110.57 – $1,466.78 |