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Cltx hum epcndylr fx wo mnpj 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

$1,609.60

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.

$2,012.00

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.

$137.66 with Nebraska Total Care vs $705.20 with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield — 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
Nebraska Total Care Managed Medicaid $137.66 ↓ -91%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $212.45 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $212.45 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare Advantage $238.45 ↓ -85%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $238.45 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $238.45 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $245.47 ↓ -85%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $245.47 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $245.47 ↓ -85%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $273.20 ↓ -83%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $306.02 ↓ -81%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $333.02 ↓ -79%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $358.15 ↓ -78%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $413.06 ↓ -74%
Aetna HMO $511.14 ↓ -68%
Aetna PPO $586.46 ↓ -64%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $599.40 ↓ -63%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $599.40 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare HMO $640.27 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare PPO $640.27 ↓ -60%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $705.20 ↓ -56%

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Cltx hum epcndylr fx wo mnpj at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $4,642.95 $60.59 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,609.60 $198.83 – $599.40
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,609.60 $176.10 – $617.01
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,609.60 $228.37 – $731.16
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,609.60 $134.58 – $599.40
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,609.60 $135.94 – $332.17
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $1,609.60 $157.62 – $359.36
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $1,609.60 $191.05 – $599.40

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