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Apply hand/wrist cast 29085 at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
$459.20
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.
$574.00
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.
$61.22 with Aetna vs $205.57 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.
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 | $61.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $62.44 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $62.44 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $64.28 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $64.28 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $64.28 | ↓ -86% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $99.32 | ↓ -78% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $111.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $125.27 | ↓ -73% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $130.79 | ↓ -72% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $130.79 | ↓ -72% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $132.80 | ↓ -71% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $132.80 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $136.43 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | HMO | $153.11 | ↓ -67% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $156.30 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | PPO | $183.61 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $205.57 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $205.57 | ↓ -55% |
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Apply hand/wrist cast 29085 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $1,317.55 | $13.58 – $1,206.44 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $170.40 | not published |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $155.35 | $40.70 – $352.05 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $178.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $178.80 | $217.54 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $459.20 | $61.22 – $264.04 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $459.20 | $61.22 – $161.86 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $459.20 | $40.36 – $152.03 |