Embedded ip cath exit-site 49436 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

$970.40

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.

$1,213.00

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.

$164.33 with Aetna vs $1,680.02 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $164.33 ↓ -83%
Molina Medicare Advantage $167.62 ↓ -83%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $167.62 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $172.55 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $172.55 ↓ -82%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $172.55 ↓ -82%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $246.50 ↓ -75%
Nebraska Total Care Managed Medicaid $315.38 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $347.46 ↓ -64%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $361.90 ↓ -63%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $361.90 ↓ -63%
Aetna HMO $416.83 ↓ -57%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $425.80 ↓ -56%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $437.67 ↓ -55%
Aetna PPO $507.97 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare HMO $570.95 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare PPO $570.95 ↓ -41%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,680.02 ↑ +73%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,680.02 ↑ +73%
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Embedded ip cath exit-site 49436 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $328.20 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $666.00 $56.66 – $3,725.39
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $344.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $344.40 $419.02 – $2,679.00
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