Exc benign snhfg 3.1-4.0cm 11424 at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
$577.60
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.
$722.00
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.
$164.54 with Aetna vs $1,342.97 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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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $164.54 | ↓ -72% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $167.83 | ↓ -71% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $167.83 | ↓ -71% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $172.77 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $172.77 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $172.77 | ↓ -70% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $327.90 | ↓ -43% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $327.90 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $331.01 | ↓ -43% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $385.70 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | HMO | $406.03 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $436.64 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | PPO | $485.17 | ↓ -16% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $550.60 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $550.60 | ↓ -5% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,342.97 | ↑ +133% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,342.97 | ↑ +133% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Exc benign snhfg 3.1-4.0cm 11424 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $418.20 | not published |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $14,914.34 | $2.28 – $6,215.96 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $588.00 | $52.61 – $434.18 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $588.00 | $52.61 – $440.33 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $2,329.80 | $1,550.93 – $2,171.30 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $439.20 | $534.36 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $577.60 | $164.54 – $1,424.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $577.60 | $164.54 – $1,612.08 |