Canakinumab injection at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
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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.
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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.
$126.55 with United Healthcare vs $161.62 with Cigna/Midlands — 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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| United Healthcare | HMO | $126.55 | — |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $126.55 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | $126.70 | — |
| Aetna | HMO | $129.23 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $136.56 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $136.56 | — |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $136.56 | — |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $139.15 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $143.82 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $143.82 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $143.82 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $148.05 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $148.05 | — |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $148.05 | — |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $161.62 | — |
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Canakinumab injection at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Health Mercy Corning | Corning | $41,096.93 | $124.48 – $83,906.23 |
| CHI Health Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley | $41,953.12 | $124.48 – $83,906.23 |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs | $35,959.82 | $107.45 – $72,775.81 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | not published | $141.00 – $197.40 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | not published | $134.97 – $197.40 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | not published | $126.55 – $402.88 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | not published | $126.55 – $161.62 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | not published | $126.55 – $161.62 |