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Repair dental ellis ii fx 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

$307.84

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.

$384.80

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.

$134.68 with Health Partners Open Network vs $307.07 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 $134.68 ↓ -56%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $138.53 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $138.53 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $138.53 ↓ -55%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $165.08 ↓ -46%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $184.70 ↓ -40%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $218.39 ↓ -29%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $218.39 ↓ -29%
Molina Medicare Advantage $218.39 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $224.81 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage $224.81 ↓ -27%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $224.81 ↓ -27%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $225.98 ↓ -27%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $225.98 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare HMO $280.13 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare PPO $280.13 ↓ -9%
Aetna HMO $284.75 ↓ -8%
Aetna PPO $303.99 ↓ -1%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $307.07 ↓ -0%

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Repair dental ellis ii fx at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $444.60 not published
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $45,053.85 $0.96 – $7,182.87
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $466.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $466.80 $567.94 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $32,637.45 $0.96 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $307.84 $181.24 – $332.23
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $3,012.62 $221.08 – $2,349.84
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $206.85 $67.74 – $300.17

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