Prolonged IV inf, req pump at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine
1518 Mulberry, Muscatine, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1861444333
$1,012.17
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.
$1,265.21
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.
$291.00 with Wellmark UPH Self-Funded vs $996.91 with United Healthcare — 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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| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $291.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $291.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $291.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $305.82 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Alliance | Medicare Advantage | $311.93 | ↓ -69% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $311.93 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $311.93 | ↓ -69% |
| Meridian Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $321.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $321.11 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $321.11 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $349.20 | ↓ -65% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $413.72 | ↓ -59% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $463.07 | ↓ -54% |
| Ambetter | HMO | $489.31 | ↓ -52% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $518.74 | ↓ -49% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $520.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $692.07 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | HMO | $814.64 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | PPO | $859.27 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $996.91 | ↓ -2% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $996.91 | ↓ -2% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Prolonged IV inf, req pump at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $524.55 | $162.21 – $807.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $645.24 | $311.93 – $521.83 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $676.54 | $276.53 – $676.54 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $730.44 | $288.52 – $569.74 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $1,261.12 | $315.77 – $682.58 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $645.24 | $282.29 – $643.62 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf | Bettendorf | $1,012.17 | $311.93 – $666.77 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center | Fort Dodge | $500.12 | $289.44 – $531.38 |