Shave sgl skin lsn f/e/e/n/l/m 0.5cm/< 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

$284.00

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.

$355.00

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.

$40.94 with Aetna vs $175.98 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $40.94 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Advantage $41.76 ↓ -85%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $41.76 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $42.99 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $42.99 ↓ -85%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $42.99 ↓ -85%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $61.41 ↓ -78%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $80.00 ↓ -72%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $80.00 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $86.03 ↓ -70%
Nebraska Total Care Managed Medicaid $92.30 ↓ -68%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $94.20 ↓ -67%
Aetna HMO $104.54 ↓ -63%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $109.42 ↓ -61%
Aetna PPO $127.32 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare HMO $146.42 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare PPO $146.42 ↓ -48%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $175.98 ↓ -38%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $175.98 ↓ -38%
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Shave sgl skin lsn f/e/e/n/l/m 0.5cm/< at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $155.40 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $275.72 $11.61 – $318.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $260.06 $10.31 – $434.67
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $163.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $163.20 $198.56 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $284.00 $40.94 – $164.70
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