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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy two day img 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

$1,525.88

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.

$1,907.34

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.

$38.22 with Nebraska Total Care vs $1,156.16 with Amerigroup — 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 $38.22 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $43.01 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Advantage $43.87 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $43.87 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $45.16 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $45.16 ↓ -97%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $45.16 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare HMO $62.95 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare PPO $62.95 ↓ -96%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $64.52 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $78.80 ↓ -95%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $78.80 ↓ -95%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $91.12 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $92.70 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $103.38 ↓ -93%
Aetna HMO $116.61 ↓ -92%
Aetna PPO $135.38 ↓ -91%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $984.19 ↓ -36%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $1,102.44 ↓ -28%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,156.16 ↓ -24%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,156.16 ↓ -24%

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Radphm lcl tmr plnr bdy two day img at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,261.80 $1,249.63 – $1,366.95
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,022.45 $316.17 – $2,986.36
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,378.20 $1,249.63 – $1,493.05
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,728.42 $43.01 – $1,797.34
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,255.20 $43.01 – $1,147.82
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $3,664.18 $43.01 – $1,845.83
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,372.50 $43.01 – $1,257.77
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,255.20 $43.01 – $103.38

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