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Interdental wirg oth/thn fx 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

$1,693.60

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.

$2,117.00

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.

$529.44 with Aetna vs $1,775.54 with United Healthcare — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $529.44 ↓ -69%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $540.03 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare Advantage $540.03 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $555.91 ↓ -67%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $555.91 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $555.91 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,113.66 ↓ -34%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,137.20 ↓ -33%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,137.20 ↓ -33%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,227.80 ↓ -28%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,227.80 ↓ -28%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,337.90 ↓ -21%
Aetna HMO $1,391.70 ↓ -18%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $1,415.10 ↓ -16%
Aetna PPO $1,660.61 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare HMO $1,775.54 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare PPO $1,775.54 ↑ +5%
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Interdental wirg oth/thn fx at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,693.60 $529.44 – $1,947.64
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,693.60 $529.44 – $1,473.83
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,693.60 $529.44 – $1,427.15
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,693.60 $529.44 – $1,415.10
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $1,693.60 $529.44 – $1,441.43
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $2,606.44 $529.44 – $1,883.15
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $1,693.60 $529.44 – $1,415.10
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine $1,693.60 $529.44 – $1,415.10

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