Cltx gr hmrl tbrs fx w/mnpj 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

$5,553.79

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.

$6,942.23

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.

$323.86 with Health Alliance vs $2,846.31 with Medica Exchange Insure — 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 Alliance Medicare Advantage $323.86 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $323.86 ↓ -94%
Ambetter HMO $323.86 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $323.86 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $330.34 ↓ -94%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $340.05 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $340.05 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $340.05 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $653.04 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $704.60 ↓ -87%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $704.60 ↓ -87%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $721.24 ↓ -87%
Aetna HMO $781.39 ↓ -86%
BC Illinois Community PPO $789.31 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $829.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $869.57 ↓ -84%
Aetna PPO $951.60 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare PPO $1,077.24 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare HMO $1,077.24 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,382.18 ↓ -75%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,382.18 ↓ -75%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $2,540.86 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $2,846.31 ↓ -49%

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Cltx gr hmrl tbrs fx w/mnpj at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,865.60 $323.86 – $1,326.54
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,865.60 $323.86 – $1,407.13
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,509.54 $323.86 – $1,592.36
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,865.60 $323.86 – $1,541.92
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,865.60 $323.86 – $869.57
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $1,865.60 $323.86 – $1,557.36
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $1,865.60 $303.16 – $1,417.36
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $5,553.79 $323.86 – $2,721.35

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