Revise spine eltrd perq aray 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

$16,469.22

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.

$20,586.52

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.

$406.34 with Ambetter vs $8,440.47 with Medica Exchange Insure — 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
Ambetter HMO $406.34 ↓ -98%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $406.34 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $406.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $406.34 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $414.47 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $426.66 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $426.66 ↓ -97%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $426.66 ↓ -97%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $871.50 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $871.50 ↓ -95%
BC Illinois Community PPO $883.73 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $888.26 ↓ -95%
Aetna HMO $1,006.55 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,025.30 ↓ -94%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $1,087.67 ↓ -93%
Aetna PPO $1,225.02 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare PPO $1,410.91 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare HMO $1,410.91 ↓ -91%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $1,419.68 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $5,667.99 ↓ -66%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $5,667.99 ↓ -66%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $7,534.67 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $8,440.47 ↓ -49%

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Revise spine eltrd perq aray at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $63,781.52 $9.09 – $12,733.82
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $9,414.60 $9,414.60 – $14,484.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,099.20 $406.34 – $5,439.83
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,099.20 $406.34 – $5,770.29
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,099.20 $406.34 – $6,529.85
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,099.20 $406.34 – $6,323.04
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $2,099.20 $406.34 – $1,087.67
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $2,099.20 $406.34 – $6,386.33

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