Ghs intermed repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm-12035 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

$943.20

Cash price

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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.

$1,179.00

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.

$216.14 with Aetna vs $742.57 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $216.14 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare Advantage $220.46 ↓ -77%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $220.46 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $226.95 ↓ -76%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $226.95 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $226.95 ↓ -76%
Nebraska Total Care Managed Medicaid $303.02 ↓ -68%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $324.21 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $353.83 ↓ -62%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $353.83 ↓ -62%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $432.80 ↓ -54%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $432.80 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $444.46 ↓ -53%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $509.20 ↓ -46%
Aetna HMO $533.41 ↓ -43%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $575.08 ↓ -39%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $601.38 ↓ -36%
Aetna PPO $648.68 ↓ -31%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $673.64 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare PPO $742.57 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare HMO $742.57 ↓ -21%

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Ghs intermed repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm-12035 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $681.60 $305.50 – $382.44
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $786.00 $58.74 – $880.71
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $715.80 $369.85 – $382.44
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $715.80 $193.46 – $415.37
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $2,538.00 $58.74 – $4,235.59
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $943.20 $216.14 – $456.31
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $943.20 $164.42 – $444.46
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $943.20 $216.14 – $575.08

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