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Msh6 gene dup/delete variant 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

$476.00

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.

$595.00

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.

$74.26 with Nebraska Total Care vs $333.23 with Health Partners Open Network — 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 $74.26 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare PPO $142.80 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HMO $142.80 ↓ -70%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $147.37 ↓ -69%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $165.08 ↓ -65%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $179.64 ↓ -62%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $185.64 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO $226.50 ↓ -52%
Aetna PPO $226.50 ↓ -52%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $238.00 ↓ -50%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $238.00 ↓ -50%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $238.00 ↓ -50%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $242.76 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $242.76 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicare Advantage $242.76 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $249.90 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare Advantage $249.90 ↓ -48%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $249.90 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $333.23 ↓ -30%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Msh6 gene dup/delete variant at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $476.00 $134.52 – $333.23
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $476.00 $3.50 – $333.23
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $476.00 $90.25 – $249.90
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $476.00 $74.83 – $333.23
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $476.00 $113.61 – $253.33
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $476.00 $99.96 – $249.90
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $476.00 $99.96 – $380.80
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine $476.00 $3.50 – $380.80

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