Cltx post ankle fx w/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

$2,172.80

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.

$2,716.00

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.

$89.92 with Nebraska Total Care vs $1,417.36 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
Nebraska Total Care Managed Medicaid $89.92 ↓ -96%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $178.46 ↓ -92%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $199.90 ↓ -91%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $217.54 ↓ -90%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $224.80 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $412.87 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare Advantage $421.13 ↓ -81%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $421.13 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $433.51 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage $433.51 ↓ -80%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $433.51 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $803.36 ↓ -63%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $899.10 ↓ -59%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $899.10 ↓ -59%
Aetna HMO $978.40 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,057.80 ↓ -51%
Aetna PPO $1,190.17 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare HMO $1,357.95 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare PPO $1,357.95 ↓ -38%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,417.36 ↓ -35%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,417.36 ↓ -35%

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Cltx post ankle fx w/mnpj at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,172.80 $156.00 – $1,326.54
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,741.35 $412.87 – $2,741.34
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,172.80 $412.87 – $1,592.36
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,172.80 $393.93 – $1,541.92
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $2,172.80 $412.87 – $1,095.70
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $2,172.80 $115.92 – $1,557.36
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $2,172.80 $412.87 – $1,377.16
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine $2,172.80 $373.58 – $1,382.18

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