Blood typing abo 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

$57.14

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.

$71.42

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.

$1.79 with United Healthcare vs $190.15 with Ambetter — 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 HMO $1.79 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare PPO $1.79 ↓ -97%
BC Illinois Community PPO $2.30 ↓ -96%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $2.94 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $2.99 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $2.99 ↓ -95%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $2.99 ↓ -95%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $3.89 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $4.64 ↓ -92%
Aetna PPO $6.04 ↓ -89%
Aetna HMO $6.04 ↓ -89%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $26.14 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $29.28 ↓ -49%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $111.33 ↑ +95%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $111.33 ↑ +95%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $118.85 ↑ +108%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $121.22 ↑ +112%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $121.22 ↑ +112%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $121.22 ↑ +112%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $124.79 ↑ +118%
Humana Medicare Advantage $124.79 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $124.79 ↑ +118%
Ambetter HMO $190.15 ↑ +233%

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