Ndl insj without njx 3+ musc 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

$28.00

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.

$35.00

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.

$7.80 with Nebraska Total Care vs $65.38 with United Healthcare — 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 $7.80 ↓ -72%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $18.06 ↓ -36%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $20.23 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.99 ↓ -25%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $21.41 ↓ -24%
Molina Medicare Advantage $21.41 ↓ -24%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $22.02 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $22.04 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare Advantage $22.04 ↓ -21%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $22.04 ↓ -21%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $22.75 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $36.57 ↑ +31%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $43.60 ↑ +56%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $43.60 ↑ +56%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $51.30 ↑ +83%
Aetna HMO $52.19 ↑ +86%
Aetna PPO $59.88 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare HMO $65.38 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare PPO $65.38 ↑ +134%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Ndl insj without njx 3+ musc at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $33.00 $23.44 – $32.82
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $63.05 $38.40 – $97.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $97.00 $9.06 – $33.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $63.05 $27.38 – $97.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $36.60 $23.44 – $32.82
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $36.60 $20.74 – $44.53
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $42.90 $7.76 – $55.89
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