Ghs ed rmvl or bivalving cast 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

$185.36

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.

$231.69

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.

$29.66 with Blue Cross and Blue Shield vs $229.37 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
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $29.66 ↓ -84%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $29.66 ↓ -84%
Ambetter HMO $29.66 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $29.66 ↓ -84%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $30.25 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $31.14 ↓ -83%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $31.14 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $31.14 ↓ -83%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $53.29 ↓ -71%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $53.29 ↓ -71%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $53.29 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $62.90 ↓ -66%
BC Illinois Community PPO $73.08 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO $73.71 ↓ -60%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $78.78 ↓ -57%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $84.80 ↓ -54%
Aetna PPO $89.78 ↓ -52%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $94.99 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare PPO $103.42 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare HMO $103.42 ↓ -44%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $115.13 ↓ -38%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $229.37 ↑ +24%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $229.37 ↑ +24%

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Ghs ed rmvl or bivalving cast at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $328.80 $254.22 – $355.91
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $473.00 $21.40 – $78.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $397.20 $254.22 – $355.91
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $397.20 $151.11 – $225.08
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $357.50 $129.25 – $550.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $152.80 $29.66 – $220.13
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $494.62 $29.66 – $494.62
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $152.80 $29.66 – $264.24

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