Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown
2720 Stone Park Blvd, Sioux City, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1962594622
$5,236.80
Cash price 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.
$6,546.00
Gross charge 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.
$293.32 with Aetna vs $3,433.90 with Medica Exchange Insure — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $293.32 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $299.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $299.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $307.99 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $307.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $307.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Avera Health Plan | Commercial | $439.98 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $656.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $656.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $677.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $772.40 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $782.89 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | HMO | $794.80 | ↓ -85% |
| Nebraska Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $850.98 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | PPO | $966.35 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $1,048.34 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $1,048.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $2,787.49 | ↓ -47% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $2,787.49 | ↓ -47% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $3,065.56 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $3,433.90 | ↓ -34% |
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Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $2,759.40 | $2,391.35 – $3,012.85 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $12,956.48 | $5.46 – $7,715.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $17,139.64 | $2.28 – $7,715.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $24,219.00 | $0.96 – $16,146.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $21,053.71 | $9.09 – $16,146.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $6,851.00 | $9.09 – $4,333.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $19,881.96 | $0.96 – $17,031.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $3,187.20 | $3,012.85 – $3,452.80 |