Excise parotid gland/lesion at UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown
2720 Stone Park Blvd, Sioux City, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1962594622
$3,091.20
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.
$3,864.00
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.
$502.32 with Nebraska Total Care vs $5,239.04 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 | $502.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $568.43 | ↓ -82% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $579.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $579.80 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $596.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $596.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $596.85 | ↓ -81% |
| Avera Health Plan | Commercial | $852.65 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $1,171.80 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $1,223.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $1,223.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,391.21 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $1,439.80 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $1,521.31 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | PPO | $1,692.77 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $1,931.86 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $1,931.86 | ↓ -38% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $5,239.04 | ↑ +69% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $5,239.04 | ↑ +69% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Excise parotid gland/lesion at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,162.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $23,471.77 | $8.10 – $11,828.35 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,221.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $1,221.00 | $928.00 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $3,091.20 | $568.43 – $4,903.34 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $3,091.20 | $568.43 – $5,201.22 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $3,091.20 | $568.43 – $5,885.87 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $3,091.20 | $568.43 – $5,699.45 |