Clsd tx pelvic ring fx 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

$476.55

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.

$595.68

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.

$119.04 with Aetna vs $554.18 with Aetna — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $119.04 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare Advantage $121.42 ↓ -75%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $121.42 ↓ -75%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $124.99 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $124.99 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $124.99 ↓ -74%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $198.83 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $198.83 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $217.31 ↓ -54%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $258.60 ↓ -46%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $258.60 ↓ -46%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $280.57 ↓ -41%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $304.30 ↓ -36%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $313.92 ↓ -34%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $319.35 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare HMO $391.81 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare PPO $391.81 ↓ -18%
Aetna HMO $532.66 ↑ +12%
Aetna PPO $554.18 ↑ +16%

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Clsd tx pelvic ring fx at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $148.85 $53.82 – $3,576.15
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $156.00 $61.44 – $534.40
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $476.48 $119.04 – $476.48
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $313.60 $119.04 – $319.35
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $583.89 $119.04 – $316.03
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $326.87 $112.58 – $275.09
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $476.55 $119.04 – $319.35
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $313.60 $101.92 – $319.35

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