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ER Visit (level 2) at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
$321.00
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.
$401.24
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.
$25.91 with Medica Exchange Inspire vs $131.26 with Iowa Total Care — 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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| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $25.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $28.99 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $35.59 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $38.06 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $38.82 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $38.82 | ↓ -88% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $39.96 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $39.96 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $39.96 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $68.90 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $68.90 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $68.90 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $69.02 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | PPO | $80.40 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | HMO | $82.01 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $97.08 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $97.08 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $131.26 | ↓ -59% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $131.26 | ↓ -59% |
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ER Visit (level 2) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $765.45 | $25.77 – $1,129.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $674.64 | $14.41 – $152.57 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $310.80 | $151.59 – $212.22 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $514.15 | $5.46 – $636.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $615.32 | $6.84 – $104.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $487.50 | $25.77 – $117.06 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $646.75 | $25.77 – $583.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $965.00 | $9.09 – $104.00 |