Nasal/sinus endo surg w/concha bullosa resct 31240 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

$785.60

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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.

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$982.00

Gross charge

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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.

$127.66 with Nebraska Total Care vs $1,527.23 with Amerigroup — 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

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 $127.66 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $143.05 ↓ -82%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $145.91 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare Advantage $145.91 ↓ -81%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $150.20 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage $150.20 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $150.20 ↓ -81%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $214.58 ↓ -73%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $295.20 ↓ -62%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $295.20 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $304.61 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $347.30 ↓ -56%
Aetna HMO $357.86 ↓ -54%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $381.76 ↓ -51%
Aetna PPO $435.60 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare HMO $490.28 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare PPO $490.28 ↓ -38%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,527.23 ↑ +94%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,527.23 ↑ +94%
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Nasal/sinus endo surg w/concha bullosa resct 31240 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $417.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $438.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $438.60 $533.63 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $508.00 $43.56 – $359.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $785.60 $143.05 – $1,429.38
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $785.60 $143.05 – $1,516.21
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $785.60 $143.05 – $1,715.79
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $785.60 $143.05 – $1,661.45

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