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Perq p-art revsc 1 nm nt bi 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

$22,483.66

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.

$28,104.57

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.

$665.62 with Aetna vs $27,725.37 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $665.62 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $678.93 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Advantage $678.93 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $698.90 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $698.90 ↓ -97%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $698.90 ↓ -97%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $998.43 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,471.28 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,522.00 ↓ -93%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,522.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $1,768.11 ↓ -92%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,790.60 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare HMO $2,393.10 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare PPO $2,393.10 ↓ -89%
Nebraska Total Care Managed Medicaid $7,307.19 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $10,043.45 ↓ -55%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $10,043.45 ↓ -55%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $14,501.96 ↓ -36%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $16,244.44 ↓ -28%
Aetna HMO $24,164.31 ↑ +7%
Aetna PPO $27,725.37 ↑ +23%

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Perq p-art revsc 1 nm nt bi at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $22,672.44 $665.62 – $10,926.09
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport not published $10,855.42 – $15,197.59
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport not published $10,855.42 – $15,197.59
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo not published $665.62 – $9,399.92
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $665.62 – $9,970.96
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $665.62 – $11,283.46
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa not published $665.62 – $1,768.11
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown not published $665.62 – $11,035.46

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