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Nr lnr acclrtr tx max 5 sessions 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

$9,826.76

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.

$12,283.44

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.

$840.58 with Nebraska Total Care vs $7,099.83 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.

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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 $840.58 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $862.79 ↓ -91%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $880.05 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Advantage $880.05 ↓ -91%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $905.93 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $905.93 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $905.93 ↓ -91%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $1,294.19 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare PPO $1,449.21 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare HMO $1,449.21 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,555.07 ↓ -84%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,555.07 ↓ -84%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,808.70 ↓ -82%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,808.70 ↓ -82%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $1,866.17 ↓ -81%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $2,127.90 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $2,570.54 ↓ -74%
Aetna HMO $2,916.46 ↓ -70%
Aetna PPO $3,549.06 ↓ -64%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $6,338.26 ↓ -36%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $7,099.83 ↓ -28%

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Nr lnr acclrtr tx max 5 sessions at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $3,981.60 $1,680.79 – $2,353.11
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $5,836.35 $1,604.15 – $8,979.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $3,873.35 $1,646.54 – $5,959.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $10,934.95 $1,542.00 – $16,823.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $2,842.45 $1,119.49 – $4,373.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $4,348.20 $1,680.79 – $2,353.11
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $10,256.35 $1,684.55 – $15,779.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,586.40 $862.79 – $2,512.10

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