Immobilizer shldr sling med 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

$125.26

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.

$156.57

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.

$40.71 with Nebraska Total Care vs $158.69 with Aetna — 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 $40.71 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare HMO $70.79 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare PPO $70.79 ↓ -43%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $80.79 ↓ -36%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $90.50 ↓ -28%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $98.48 ↓ -21%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $101.77 ↓ -19%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $134.81 ↑ +8%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $134.81 ↑ +8%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $134.81 ↑ +8%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $144.75 ↑ +16%
Molina Medicare Advantage $144.75 ↑ +16%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $144.75 ↑ +16%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $146.59 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $149.01 ↑ +19%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $149.01 ↑ +19%
Humana Medicare Advantage $149.01 ↑ +19%
Aetna PPO $158.69 ↑ +27%
Aetna HMO $158.69 ↑ +27%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Immobilizer shldr sling med at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $42.00 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $34.03 $18.69 – $52.36
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $27.23 $16.58 – $41.89
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $34.03 $19.79 – $58.94
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $34.03 $14.82 – $52.36
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $34.03 $20.01 – $52.36
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $34.03 $12.30 – $52.36
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $34.03 $26.95 – $54.73

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