Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls 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

$516.80

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.

$645.99

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.

$138.56 with Iowa Total Care vs $417.59 with United Healthcare — 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
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $138.56 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $138.56 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicare Advantage $155.53 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $155.53 ↓ -70%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $155.53 ↓ -70%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $156.50 ↓ -70%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $156.50 ↓ -70%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $156.50 ↓ -70%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $160.10 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage $160.10 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $160.10 ↓ -69%
Nebraska Total Care Managed Medicaid $167.96 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $233.59 ↓ -55%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $313.74 ↓ -39%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $333.33 ↓ -36%
Aetna HMO $333.37 ↓ -35%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $373.38 ↓ -28%
Aetna PPO $382.50 ↓ -26%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $406.33 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare PPO $417.59 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare HMO $417.59 ↓ -19%

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Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $447.00 $149.77 – $209.67
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $870.00 $95.23 – $849.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $642.20 $208.93 – $1,944.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $498.00 $149.77 – $209.67
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $498.00 $282.20 – $605.90
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $526.57 $129.68 – $425.86
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,067.55 $137.56 – $1,067.54
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,021.01 $148.95 – $606.19

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