Trnscath tx thromblytc vein ini day 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

$2,501.77

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.

$3,127.21

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.

$293.98 with Ambetter vs $2,718.31 with Iowa Total Care — 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 $293.98 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $293.98 ↓ -88%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $293.98 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $293.98 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $299.86 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $308.68 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $308.68 ↓ -88%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $308.68 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $659.90 ↓ -74%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $659.90 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $710.11 ↓ -72%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $719.26 ↓ -71%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $744.58 ↓ -70%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $783.47 ↓ -69%
Aetna HMO $794.80 ↓ -68%
BC Illinois Community PPO $886.41 ↓ -65%
Aetna PPO $966.35 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare PPO $1,059.01 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare HMO $1,059.01 ↓ -58%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $1,144.56 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $1,282.16 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $2,718.31 ↑ +9%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $2,718.31 ↑ +9%

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Trnscath tx thromblytc vein ini day at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,566.00 $1,696.50 – $3,012.85
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $386.75 $79.80 – $397.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $386.75 $101.63 – $397.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,809.00 $1,959.75 – $3,012.85
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $509.40 $619.77 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,993.84 $293.98 – $2,608.88
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $6,262.04 $293.98 – $6,262.03
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,696.00 $293.98 – $3,131.65

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