99381 initial comp preventive med less than 1 year new at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital

1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$196.80

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.

$246.00

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.

$106.60 with Health Partners Open Network vs $173.69 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
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $106.60 ↓ -46%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $124.20 ↓ -37%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $124.20 ↓ -37%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $124.20 ↓ -37%
Aetna PPO $128.66 ↓ -35%
Aetna HMO $131.23 ↓ -33%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $145.77 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare HMO $173.69 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare PPO $173.69 ↓ -12%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital —
Molina Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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99381 initial comp preventive med less than 1 year new at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $257.00 $4.87 – $185.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $132.00 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $262.00 $32.15 – $256.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $262.00 $32.15 – $262.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $185.00 $32.15 – $201.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $151.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $151.20 $183.96 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $196.80 $106.03 – $226.32

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