Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
$130.19
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.
$162.73
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.
$13.03 with Aetna vs $85.76 with Medica Exchange Insure — 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 | $13.03 | ↓ -90% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $13.29 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $13.29 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $13.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $27.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $27.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $31.90 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $34.29 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $35.70 | ↓ -73% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $35.70 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $44.87 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | HMO | $56.04 | ↓ -57% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $58.99 | ↓ -55% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $58.99 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | PPO | $67.02 | ↓ -49% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $76.65 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $85.76 | ↓ -34% |
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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $706.00 | $3.21 – $139.13 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $72.00 | $68.13 – $70.85 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $538.52 | $3.28 – $159.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $103.35 | $60.10 – $178.97 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $235.95 | $3.28 – $158.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $522.90 | $3.21 – $159.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $73.20 | $68.13 – $74.75 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $73.20 | $41.48 – $49.64 |