Ecmo/ecls remove prph cannula 6yrs&older open 33984 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

$6,110.90

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.

$7,638.62

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.

$242.19 with Aetna vs $4,025.55 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.

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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 $242.19 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare Advantage $247.03 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $247.03 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $254.30 ↓ -96%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $254.30 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $254.30 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $543.50 ↓ -91%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $555.80 ↓ -91%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $555.80 ↓ -91%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $646.94 ↓ -89%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $653.90 ↓ -89%
Aetna HMO $657.58 ↓ -89%
Aetna PPO $784.07 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare PPO $867.83 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare HMO $867.83 ↓ -86%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $3,597.79 ↓ -41%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $4,025.55 ↓ -34%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Ecmo/ecls remove prph cannula 6yrs&older open 33984 at other Iowa hospitals

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MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $598.20 not published
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