Njx cath slct p-art angrp bi 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

$984.18

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.

$1,230.22

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.

$56.52 with Aetna vs $971.87 with Aetna — 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 $56.52 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare Advantage $57.65 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $57.65 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $59.35 ↓ -94%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $59.35 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $59.35 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $117.67 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $122.10 ↓ -88%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $122.10 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $143.70 ↓ -85%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $149.16 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare PPO $178.93 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare HMO $178.93 ↓ -82%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $527.76 ↓ -46%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $590.51 ↓ -40%
Aetna HMO $910.36 ↓ -8%
Aetna PPO $971.87 ↓ -1%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Njx cath slct p-art angrp bi at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $984.18 $56.52 – $648.33
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $984.18 $56.52 – $984.18
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $984.18 $56.52 – $361.68
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $984.18 $56.52 – $711.07
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $1,031.88 $56.52 – $505.62
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine $1,031.88 $56.52 – $528.83
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge $984.18 $56.52 – $1,045.69
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $56.52 – $149.16

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