Application skin substitute graft face/scalp/neck/genit/hnd/ft <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
$3,400.96
Cash price 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.
$4,251.19
Gross charge 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.
$85.19 with Aetna vs $2,240.38 with Medica Exchange Insure — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $85.19 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $86.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $86.89 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $89.45 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $89.45 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $89.45 | ↓ -97% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $166.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $166.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $191.62 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $195.30 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | HMO | $218.73 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $225.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | PPO | $260.01 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $302.25 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $302.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,516.20 | ↓ -55% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,516.20 | ↓ -55% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $2,002.31 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $2,240.38 | ↓ -34% |
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Application skin substitute graft face/scalp/neck/genit/hnd/ft <100 sq cm 1st 25 sq cm at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $17,361.64 | $1.32 – $4,235.59 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $512.40 | $555.10 – $1,750.98 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $725.40 | $4.29 – $1,581.58 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $9,380.70 | $4.29 – $6,238.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $2,769.00 | $4.29 – $2,769.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $310.00 | $4.29 – $29.28 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $5,178.38 | $4.52 – $1,601.18 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $591.60 | $640.90 – $1,750.98 |