Veeg ea 12-26hr cont mntr 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

$1,854.67

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.

$2,318.33

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.

$602.77 with Nebraska Total Care vs $2,715.51 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 $602.77 ↓ -67%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $901.02 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $901.02 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $983.18 ↓ -47%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,002.84 ↓ -46%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,002.84 ↓ -46%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,017.40 ↓ -45%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,017.40 ↓ -45%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,017.40 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,032.34 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,032.34 ↓ -44%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $1,032.34 ↓ -44%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $1,196.26 ↓ -36%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $1,339.99 ↓ -28%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $1,458.23 ↓ -21%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $1,474.77 ↓ -20%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,518.97 ↓ -18%
Aetna HMO $2,167.84 ↑ +17%
Aetna PPO $2,487.31 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare PPO $2,715.51 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare HMO $2,715.51 ↑ +46%

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Veeg ea 12-26hr cont mntr at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,985.10 $613.85 – $3,054.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,889.95 $843.29 – $1,528.49
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $2,684.33 $894.52 – $2,684.33
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $2,567.38 $968.56 – $2,002.55
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,747.10 $899.67 – $1,486.87
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $1,889.95 $826.85 – $1,885.22
UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids $2,777.08 $894.86 – $1,902.30
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs $660.24 $235.80 – $1,336.20

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