Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine
1518 Mulberry, Muscatine, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1861444333
$632.74
Cash price 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.
$790.92
Gross charge 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.
$181.91 with Wellmark UPH Self-Funded vs $8,778.00 with BC Illinois Community — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $181.91 | ↓ -71% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $181.91 | ↓ -71% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $181.91 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $218.29 | ↓ -66% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $254.94 | ↓ -60% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $254.94 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $272.17 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $277.61 | ↓ -56% |
| Health Alliance | Medicare Advantage | $277.61 | ↓ -56% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $277.61 | ↓ -56% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $285.77 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $285.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Meridian Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $285.77 | ↓ -55% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $289.48 | ↓ -54% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $324.28 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $432.63 | ↓ -32% |
| Ambetter | HMO | $435.46 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | HMO | $725.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | PPO | $764.73 | ↑ +21% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $887.21 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $887.21 | ↑ +40% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $7,680.75 | ↑ +1114% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $8,778.00 | ↑ +1287% |
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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $196.80 | not published |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $551.20 | $335.72 – $848.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $206.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $206.40 | $251.12 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $1,435.20 | $138.65 – $3,576.15 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $544.48 | $84.72 – $422.32 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $463.20 | $151.80 – $539.05 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $463.20 | $281.02 – $293.71 |