Ghs intermed repair over 30 cm - 12037 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

$1,499.32

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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.

$1,874.15

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.

$290.81 with Health Alliance vs $1,579.80 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 $290.81 ↓ -81%
Ambetter HMO $290.81 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $290.81 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $290.81 ↓ -81%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $296.63 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage $305.35 ↓ -80%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $305.35 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $305.35 ↓ -80%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $431.05 ↓ -71%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $431.05 ↓ -71%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $431.05 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $517.27 ↓ -65%
BC Illinois Community PPO $571.38 ↓ -62%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $685.94 ↓ -54%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $692.83 ↓ -54%
Aetna HMO $730.44 ↓ -51%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $768.40 ↓ -49%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $775.36 ↓ -48%
Aetna PPO $888.62 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare PPO $1,012.24 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare HMO $1,012.24 ↓ -32%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,579.80 ↑ +5%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,579.80 ↑ +5%

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Ghs intermed repair over 30 cm - 12037 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $849.00 $305.50 – $1,750.98
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,061.00 $85.25 – $740.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $891.60 $369.85 – $1,750.98
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $891.60 $193.46 – $415.37
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,767.01 $290.81 – $1,516.20
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,192.00 $290.81 – $1,608.31
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,192.00 $290.81 – $1,820.02
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $3,788.18 $290.81 – $1,762.37

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