Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$22,318.02

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.

$27,897.52

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.

$389.19 with Ambetter vs $29,378.72 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
Ambetter HMO $389.19 ↓ -98%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $389.19 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $389.19 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $389.19 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $396.97 ↓ -98%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $408.65 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $408.65 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $408.65 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $803.10 ↓ -96%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $864.10 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $864.10 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,016.60 ↓ -95%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $1,038.48 ↓ -95%
BC Illinois Community PPO $1,148.65 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare PPO $1,405.54 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare HMO $1,405.54 ↓ -94%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $4,587.80 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $9,794.18 ↓ -56%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $9,794.18 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $10,210.49 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $11,437.98 ↓ -49%
Aetna HMO $27,852.55 ↑ +25%
Aetna PPO $29,378.72 ↑ +32%

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Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit w/pta at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $11,733.00 $10,855.42 – $12,710.75
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,715.35 $530.44 – $22,412.03
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $43,513.72 $9.09 – $26,755.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $13,552.20 $10,855.42 – $14,681.55
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $796.20 $928.00 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $26,589.08 $9.09 – $22,306.78
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $21,280.28 $389.19 – $14,018.38
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $22,547.71 $389.19 – $22,547.70

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