Insertion of heart electrode 33211 at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine
1518 Mulberry, Muscatine, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1861444333
$416.80
Cash price 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.
$521.00
Gross charge 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.
$144.55 with Aetna vs $7,147.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $144.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $144.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Ambetter | HMO | $144.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Alliance | Medicare Advantage | $144.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $147.44 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $151.78 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $151.78 | ↓ -64% |
| Meridian Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $151.78 | ↓ -64% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $247.11 | ↓ -41% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $294.18 | ↓ -29% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $328.30 | ↓ -21% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $328.30 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $353.28 | ↓ -15% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $386.20 | ↓ -7% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $388.54 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | HMO | $408.77 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | PPO | $497.24 | ↑ +19% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $520.13 | ↑ +25% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $520.13 | ↑ +25% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $7,147.48 | ↑ +1615% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $7,147.48 | ↑ +1615% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Insertion of heart electrode 33211 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $366.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $15,405.00 | $8,460.90 – $23,700.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $10,808.85 | $3,342.43 – $16,629.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $384.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $384.60 | $467.93 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $416.80 | $144.55 – $6,859.76 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $416.80 | $144.55 – $7,276.48 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $416.80 | $144.55 – $8,234.31 |