Drainage of urethra abscess 53060 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

$463.20

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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.

$579.00

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.

$149.30 with Health Alliance vs $1,769.17 with Iowa Total Care — 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 $149.30 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $149.30 ↓ -68%
Ambetter HMO $149.30 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $149.30 ↓ -68%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $152.29 ↓ -67%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $156.77 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Advantage $156.77 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $156.77 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $307.10 ↓ -34%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $323.40 ↓ -30%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $323.40 ↓ -30%
Aetna HMO $365.89 ↓ -21%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $373.21 ↓ -19%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $380.50 ↓ -18%
BC Illinois Community PPO $392.79 ↓ -15%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $398.53 ↓ -14%
Aetna PPO $446.33 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare PPO $516.36 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare HMO $516.36 ↑ +11%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,769.17 ↑ +282%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,769.17 ↑ +282%
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Drainage of urethra abscess 53060 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $498.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $523.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $523.80 $637.29 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $463.20 $149.30 – $1,697.96
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $463.20 $149.30 – $1,801.11
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $463.20 $149.30 – $2,038.19
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $463.20 $149.30 – $1,973.64
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $463.20 $149.30 – $398.53

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