Desmopressin 4 mcg/ml injection solution 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

$17.92

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.

$22.39

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.

$2.19 with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield vs $23.79 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
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $2.19 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $2.19 ↓ -88%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $2.19 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $2.62 ↓ -85%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $3.48 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3.89 ↓ -78%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $3.90 ↓ -78%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $3.97 ↓ -78%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3.97 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3.97 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4.09 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4.09 ↓ -77%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.09 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare PPO $4.49 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare HMO $4.49 ↓ -75%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $5.20 ↓ -71%
Ambetter HMO $6.23 ↓ -65%
Aetna PPO $7.67 ↓ -57%
Aetna HMO $7.67 ↓ -57%
BC Illinois Community PPO $23.79 ↑ +33%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $23.79 ↑ +33%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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