Treatment of heel fracture 28400 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

$1,216.00

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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.

$1,520.00

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.

$184.30 with Health Partners Open Network vs $420.21 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 $184.30 ↓ -85%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $189.57 ↓ -84%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $189.57 ↓ -84%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $189.57 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $214.12 ↓ -82%
Molina Medicare Advantage $218.40 ↓ -82%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $218.40 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $224.83 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $224.83 ↓ -82%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $224.83 ↓ -82%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $225.90 ↓ -81%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $233.43 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $233.43 ↓ -81%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $252.76 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare PPO $383.35 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare HMO $383.35 ↓ -68%
Aetna HMO $389.67 ↓ -68%
Aetna PPO $416.00 ↓ -66%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $420.21 ↓ -65%

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Treatment of heel fracture 28400 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $446.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $468.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $468.60 $570.13 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $4,655.95 $69.43 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,216.00 $198.83 – $462.70
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,216.00 $105.83 – $462.70
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,216.00 $214.12 – $569.64
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,216.00 $152.73 – $462.70

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