X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views 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

$597.79

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$747.23

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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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$13.87 with Aetna vs $306.36 with Medica Exchange Insure — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.87 ↓ -98%
Ambetter HMO $13.87 ↓ -98%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $13.87 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $13.87 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $14.15 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.56 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.56 ↓ -98%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.56 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare HMO $20.31 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare PPO $20.31 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $25.70 ↓ -96%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $25.70 ↓ -96%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $29.48 ↓ -95%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $30.20 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $32.67 ↓ -95%
BC Illinois Community PPO $35.42 ↓ -94%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $91.84 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $91.84 ↓ -85%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $115.65 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO $261.18 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $273.49 ↓ -54%
Aetna PPO $275.49 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $306.36 ↓ -49%

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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $344.40 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $452.40 $93.79 – $696.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $430.95 $262.48 – $663.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $430.95 $250.61 – $746.27
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $430.95 $98.96 – $663.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $162.50 $64.00 – $250.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $376.20 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $376.20 $213.18 – $457.71

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