Clsd tx/dis tib/wt bear no manip 27824 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

$1,556.80

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.

$1,946.00

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.

$99.46 with Medica Exchange Inspire vs $727.80 with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield — 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
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $99.46 ↓ -94%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $111.28 ↓ -93%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $136.62 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $198.83 ↓ -87%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $198.83 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $225.59 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $225.59 ↓ -86%
Molina Medicare Advantage $225.59 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $232.23 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $232.23 ↓ -85%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $232.23 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $343.19 ↓ -78%
Aetna HMO $532.66 ↓ -66%
Aetna PPO $554.18 ↓ -64%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $618.60 ↓ -60%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $618.60 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare PPO $653.72 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare HMO $653.72 ↓ -58%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $727.80 ↓ -53%

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Clsd tx/dis tib/wt bear no manip 27824 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,077.00 $88.60 – $3,576.15
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $559.80 not published
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $227.50 $59.65 – $534.40
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $588.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $588.00 $715.40 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,556.80 $114.61 – $618.60
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,556.80 $228.37 – $754.27
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,556.80 $180.87 – $618.60

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