Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine

1518 Mulberry, Muscatine, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1861444333

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.

$17.25 with Health Partners Open Network vs $97.53 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.

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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 $17.25
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $19.06
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $19.06
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $19.06
United Healthcare HMO $24.04
United Healthcare PPO $24.04
Aetna HMO $28.98
Aetna PPO $28.98
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $36.55
BC Illinois Community PPO $97.53
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $97.53

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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $77.07 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $55.20 $17.23 – $55.20
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $55.20 $17.23 – $62.13
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $55.20 $15.62 – $55.20
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $55.20 $17.23 – $55.20
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $55.20 $12.97 – $55.20
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $55.20 $17.23 – $57.70
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $184.00 $17.23 – $184.00

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