Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine 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

$55.00

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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.

$68.75

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.

$9.30 with United Healthcare vs $44.69 with Avera Health Plan — 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
United Healthcare PPO $9.30 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare HMO $9.30 ↓ -83%
Nebraska Total Care Managed Medicaid $12.74 ↓ -77%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $15.50 ↓ -72%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $15.50 ↓ -72%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $15.50 ↓ -72%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $15.81 ↓ -71%
Molina Medicare Advantage $15.81 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $15.81 ↓ -71%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $16.28 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.28 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.28 ↓ -70%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $20.15 ↓ -63%
Aetna PPO $23.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna HMO $23.25 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $24.11 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $35.48 ↓ -35%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $39.74 ↓ -28%
Avera Health Plan Commercial $44.69 ↓ -19%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $158.40 $15.50 – $15.50
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