Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
$1,068.08
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.
$1,335.09
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.
$76.61 with Aetna vs $2,608.88 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 | $76.61 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $78.14 | ↓ -93% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $78.14 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $80.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $80.44 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $80.44 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $166.10 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $166.10 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $195.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $204.71 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $230.41 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | HMO | $266.59 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $272.57 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $272.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | PPO | $317.66 | ↓ -70% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $628.83 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $703.59 | ↓ -34% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $2,608.88 | ↑ +144% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $2,608.88 | ↑ +144% |
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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $417.00 | $38.93 – $180.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $504.00 | $508.95 – $3,012.85 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $5,746.00 | $1,154.95 – $5,746.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $3,591.25 | $1,110.53 – $5,525.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $567.00 | $614.25 – $3,012.85 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $567.00 | $321.30 – $643.86 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $3,251.76 | $76.61 – $3,251.75 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $466.40 | $76.61 – $3,131.65 |