Igh@ var region somatic mutation analy 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

$660.80

Cash price

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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.

$826.00

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.

$166.46 with Medica Exchange Inspire vs $500.68 with Aetna — 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.

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Payer
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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
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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
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $166.46 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare PPO $176.71 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare HMO $176.71 ↓ -73%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $186.25 ↓ -72%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $228.66 ↓ -65%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $294.52 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $294.52 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $294.52 ↓ -55%
Molina Medicare Advantage $300.41 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $300.41 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $300.41 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare Advantage $309.25 ↓ -53%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $309.25 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $309.25 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $458.17 ↓ -31%
Aetna PPO $500.68 ↓ -24%
Aetna HMO $500.68 ↓ -24%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,318.20 $288.63 – $2,028.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $589.20 $294.52 – $294.52
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MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $906.75 $280.40 – $1,395.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $301.60 $264.48 – $591.99
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $906.75 $288.63 – $1,395.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $656.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $825.00 $467.50 – $1,003.75

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