Ghs subcutaneous infus, for therapy ea. add. hr 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

$115.72

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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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$144.65

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.

$10.92 with Nebraska Total Care vs $83.61 with Medica Exchange Insure — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $10.92 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.83 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $15.13 ↓ -87%
Molina Medicare Advantage $15.13 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $15.57 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage $15.57 ↓ -87%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $15.57 ↓ -87%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $22.25 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $28.75 ↓ -75%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $30.90 ↓ -73%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $30.90 ↓ -73%
Aetna HMO $33.50 ↓ -71%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $36.30 ↓ -69%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $38.25 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare PPO $38.40 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare HMO $38.40 ↓ -67%
Aetna PPO $40.20 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $40.86 ↓ -65%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $40.86 ↓ -65%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $74.64 ↓ -35%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $83.61 ↓ -28%

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Ghs subcutaneous infus, for therapy ea. add. hr at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $37.80 $40.95 – $44.17
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $192.00 $38.59 – $427.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $120.90 $37.39 – $427.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $69.00 $44.17 – $46.15
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $42.60 $24.14 – $51.83
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $93.60 $33.84 – $751.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $33.60 $14.83 – $38.25
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $33.60 $14.83 – $40.56

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