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Rx metab gen seq alys pnl 6 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

$1,834.40

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.

$2,293.00

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.

$3.50 with BC Illinois Community vs $1,760.79 with Aetna — 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
BC Illinois Community PPO $3.50 ↓ -100%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $253.12 ↓ -86%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $253.12 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $253.12 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $303.74 ↓ -83%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $402.78 ↓ -78%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $451.21 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare PPO $550.25 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HMO $550.25 ↓ -70%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $593.17 ↓ -68%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $601.97 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $917.08 ↓ -50%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $935.42 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $935.42 ↓ -49%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $935.42 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare Advantage $962.93 ↓ -48%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $962.93 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $962.93 ↓ -48%
Ambetter HMO $1,467.33 ↓ -20%
Aetna HMO $1,760.79 ↓ -4%
Aetna PPO $1,760.79 ↓ -4%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Rx metab gen seq alys pnl 6 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,834.40 $518.34 – $1,821.34
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,834.40 $3.50 – $1,821.34
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,834.40 $347.76 – $962.93
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,834.40 $288.33 – $1,821.34
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,834.40 $437.78 – $976.14
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $1,834.40 $385.18 – $962.93
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $1,834.40 $286.13 – $1,821.34
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $1,834.40 $385.18 – $1,821.34

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