Chlamydia type at UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown

2720 Stone Park Blvd, Sioux City, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1962594622

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$38.58

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.

$48.22

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.

$3.34 with United Healthcare vs $31.34 with Avera Health Plan — 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
United Healthcare PPO $3.34 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare HMO $3.34 ↓ -91%
Nebraska Total Care Managed Medicaid $4.68 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $5.57 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $5.57 ↓ -86%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $5.57 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $5.68 ↓ -85%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5.68 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.68 ↓ -85%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $5.85 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.85 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.85 ↓ -85%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $7.24 ↓ -81%
Aetna PPO $8.36 ↓ -78%
Aetna HMO $8.36 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $8.66 ↓ -78%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $24.88 ↓ -36%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $27.87 ↓ -28%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $31.34 ↓ -19%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Chlamydia type at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $87.00 $5.57 – $5.57
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $97.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $97.20 $11.22 – $24.09
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $38.58 $3.34 – $25.41
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $38.58 $3.34 – $38.58
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $38.58 $3.34 – $19.43
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $38.58 $3.34 – $14.18
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $38.58 $3.34 – $42.77

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