Rmvl icd by tv extr 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

$2,813.02

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.

$3,516.27

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.

$745.13 with Aetna vs $3,541.39 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 $745.13 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicare Advantage $760.03 ↓ -73%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $760.03 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $782.39 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $782.39 ↓ -72%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $782.39 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,230.69 ↓ -56%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,265.86 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,265.86 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,265.86 ↓ -55%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $1,508.48 ↓ -46%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $1,687.81 ↓ -40%
Aetna HMO $1,944.74 ↓ -31%
Aetna PPO $1,944.74 ↓ -31%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $1,994.13 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare PPO $2,559.84 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare HMO $2,559.84 ↓ -9%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $3,541.39 ↑ +26%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $3,541.39 ↑ +26%

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Rmvl icd by tv extr at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $3,788.40 $3,483.61 – $4,104.10
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $3,618.55 $244.42 – $7,254.98
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $4,375.80 $3,483.61 – $4,740.45
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,813.02 $745.13 – $3,016.53
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,120.80 $745.13 – $3,199.78
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,120.80 $745.13 – $3,620.97
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $3,314.80 $745.13 – $3,506.29
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