Ghs osteopathic manipulative tx, 3-4 regions 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

$100.80

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$126.00

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.

$20.97 with Iowa Total Care vs $83.77 with Cigna/Midlands — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $20.97 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $20.97 ↓ -79%
Molina Medicare Advantage $23.79 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.79 ↓ -76%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $23.79 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $24.49 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $24.49 ↓ -76%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $24.49 ↓ -76%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $36.19 ↓ -64%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $51.60 ↓ -49%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $51.60 ↓ -49%
Aetna HMO $56.17 ↓ -44%
Aetna PPO $58.44 ↓ -42%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $60.70 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare PPO $68.94 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare HMO $68.94 ↓ -32%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $83.77 ↓ -17%
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Ghs osteopathic manipulative tx, 3-4 regions at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $142.35 $18.96 – $195.57
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $83.40 $24.22 – $33.90
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $107.00 $11.78 – $107.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $87.60 $24.22 – $33.90
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $87.60 $23.80 – $51.10
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $100.80 $22.24 – $115.92
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $100.80 $24.09 – $83.77
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $100.80 $24.09 – $83.77

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