Myocrd img pet 1 std w/ct at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
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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.
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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.
$73.32 with Aetna vs $3,369.67 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.
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 | $73.32 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $74.79 | — |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $74.79 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $76.99 | — |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $76.99 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $76.99 | — |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $107.35 | — |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $107.35 | — |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $129.39 | — |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $150.20 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $150.20 | — |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $154.31 | — |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $176.70 | — |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,208.99 | — |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,208.99 | — |
| Aetna | HMO | $3,238.80 | — |
| Aetna | PPO | $3,369.67 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Myocrd img pet 1 std w/ct at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $3,060.85 | $49.63 – $4,709.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $3,093.78 | $73.32 – $1,405.28 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital | Cedar Rapids | $3,150.18 | $73.32 – $1,476.65 |
| CHI Health Mercy Corning | Corning | $1,049.76 | $940.41 – $2,143.26 |
| CHI Health Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley | $1,071.63 | $765.45 – $2,143.26 |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs | $1,167.18 | $416.85 – $2,362.15 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | not published | $1,396.19 – $1,954.67 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | not published | $1,396.19 – $1,954.67 |