Ghs picc line insert < 5 at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
$854.91
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.
$1,068.63
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.
$83.17 with Aetna vs $1,287.61 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 | $83.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $84.83 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $84.83 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $87.33 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $87.33 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $87.33 | ↓ -90% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $182.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $182.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $189.16 | ↓ -78% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $215.10 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $219.95 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | HMO | $225.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | PPO | $269.41 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $296.72 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $296.72 | ↓ -65% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $503.32 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $563.17 | ↓ -34% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,287.61 | ↑ +51% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,287.61 | ↑ +51% |
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Ghs picc line insert < 5 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $4,609.80 | $20.68 – $5,035.32 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $794.40 | $860.60 – $1,486.98 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $1,106.95 | $481.95 – $3,368.62 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $5,648.00 | $1,135.25 – $5,648.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $3,671.20 | $1,135.25 – $5,648.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $4,660.00 | $1,278.70 – $4,660.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $960.00 | $1,040.00 – $1,486.98 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $960.00 | $544.00 – $681.09 |