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Ring ostmy barr adapt 48mm 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

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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.

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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.

$3.55 with United Healthcare vs $9.04 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
United Healthcare PPO $3.55
United Healthcare HMO $3.55
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $6.41
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $6.41
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $6.41
Molina Medicare Advantage $7.26
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.26
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $7.26
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $7.36
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.48
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.48
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $7.48
Aetna HMO $7.92
Aetna PPO $7.92
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $9.04

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Ring ostmy barr adapt 48mm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $0.33 $0.18 – $0.51
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1.33 $0.81 – $2.04
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $0.33 $0.19 – $0.57
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $0.33 $0.14 – $0.51
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $0.33 $0.19 – $0.51
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $0.33 $0.12 – $0.51
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $0.33 $0.26 – $0.53
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $0.51 $0.10 – $0.51

All Iowa hospitals for this procedure →