Clsd tx carpo/metacarpl disl thmb manip ea without anes 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

$842.40

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.

$1,053.00

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.

$86.21 with Wellmark UPH Self-Funded vs $720.97 with United Healthcare — 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
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $86.21 ↓ -90%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $86.21 ↓ -90%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $86.21 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $103.46 ↓ -88%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $137.19 ↓ -84%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $153.68 ↓ -82%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $205.04 ↓ -76%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $207.17 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $207.17 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $221.17 ↓ -74%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $225.59 ↓ -73%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $225.59 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $225.59 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $232.23 ↓ -72%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $232.23 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $232.23 ↓ -72%
Ambetter HMO $293.86 ↓ -65%
Aetna HMO $589.15 ↓ -30%
Aetna PPO $621.44 ↓ -26%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $657.58 ↓ -22%
BC Illinois Community PPO $704.18 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare HMO $720.97 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare PPO $720.97 ↓ -14%

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Clsd tx carpo/metacarpl disl thmb manip ea without anes at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $609.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $640.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $640.20 $778.91 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $842.40 $198.83 – $640.50
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $842.40 $140.55 – $657.58
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $964.33 $228.37 – $752.18
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $842.40 $93.26 – $640.50
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $842.40 $131.78 – $322.01

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