Total ob care failed vbac 59618 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

$4,795.20

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.

$5,994.00

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.

$2,345.55 with Health Alliance vs $5,993.66 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.

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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
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $2,345.55 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,345.55 ↓ -51%
Ambetter HMO $2,345.55 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $2,345.55 ↓ -51%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $2,392.46 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,462.83 ↓ -49%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,462.83 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,462.83 ↓ -49%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $3,404.90 ↓ -29%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $3,404.90 ↓ -29%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $3,432.90 ↓ -28%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $3,743.88 ↓ -22%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $4,005.80 ↓ -16%
BC Illinois Community PPO $4,086.78 ↓ -15%
Aetna HMO $4,276.85 ↓ -11%
Aetna PPO $4,641.39 ↓ -3%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $5,950.55 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare PPO $5,993.66 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare HMO $5,993.66 ↑ +25%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital —
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Total ob care failed vbac 59618 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $4,564.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $4,792.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $4,792.80 $928.00 – $5,831.24
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $8,318.00 $766.15 – $8,318.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $4,795.20 $2,345.55 – $5,950.55
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $4,795.20 $2,345.55 – $5,950.55
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $4,795.20 $2,345.55 – $5,950.55
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $4,795.20 $2,345.55 – $5,950.55

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