Clearance of airways at UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown
2720 Stone Park Blvd, Sioux City, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1962594622
$177.74
Cash price 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.
$222.17
Gross charge 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.
$45.50 with Nebraska Total Care vs $180.13 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Nebraska Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $45.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $48.17 | ↓ -73% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $49.13 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $49.13 | ↓ -72% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $50.58 | ↓ -72% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $50.58 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $50.58 | ↓ -72% |
| Avera Health Plan | Commercial | $72.26 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $97.74 | ↓ -45% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $98.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $98.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | HMO | $113.92 | ↓ -36% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $114.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $115.30 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $118.14 | ↓ -34% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $128.41 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | PPO | $138.05 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $174.78 | ↓ -2% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $174.78 | ↓ -2% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $180.13 | ↑ +1% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $180.13 | ↑ +1% |
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Clearance of airways at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $240.50 | $74.37 – $425.12 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $204.75 | $204.75 – $425.12 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $367.90 | $144.90 – $566.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $228.80 | $82.72 – $3,576.15 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $140.00 | $48.17 – $168.59 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $140.00 | $48.17 – $178.83 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $140.00 | $48.17 – $202.37 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $166.08 | $48.17 – $195.96 |