Ghs simple repair 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12015 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

$412.80

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.

$516.00

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.

$78.44 with Nebraska Total Care vs $296.30 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
Nebraska Total Care Managed Medicaid $78.44 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $82.66 ↓ -80%
Molina Medicare Advantage $84.31 ↓ -80%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $84.31 ↓ -80%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $86.79 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $86.79 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage $86.79 ↓ -79%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $123.99 ↓ -70%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $155.68 ↓ -62%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $166.60 ↓ -60%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $166.60 ↓ -60%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $174.38 ↓ -58%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $175.98 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $175.98 ↓ -57%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $182.45 ↓ -56%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $189.77 ↓ -54%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $196.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna HMO $218.46 ↓ -47%
Aetna PPO $265.39 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare HMO $296.30 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare PPO $296.30 ↓ -28%

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Ghs simple repair 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12015 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $322.20 $190.20 – $266.28
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $531.00 $28.76 – $346.56
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $479.00 $92.44 – $479.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $531.00 $29.93 – $346.56
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $343.20 $190.20 – $266.28
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $343.20 $194.48 – $411.72
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $412.80 $82.66 – $182.45
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $412.80 $82.66 – $264.61

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