Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
$209.60
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.
$262.00
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.
$32.34 with Aetna vs $130.01 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 | $32.34 | ↓ -85% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $32.99 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $32.99 | ↓ -84% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $33.96 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $33.96 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $33.96 | ↓ -84% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $65.87 | ↓ -69% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $73.40 | ↓ -65% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $73.40 | ↓ -65% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $73.71 | ↓ -65% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $86.40 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $88.32 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $89.00 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $100.91 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $100.91 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | HMO | $106.63 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $129.68 | ↓ -38% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $129.68 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | PPO | $130.01 | ↓ -38% |
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Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $443.30 | $160.27 – $824.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $263.40 | $149.77 – $209.67 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $217.10 | $132.23 – $334.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $695.50 | $34.08 – $1,070.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $293.40 | $149.77 – $209.67 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $133.80 | $162.79 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $209.60 | $32.34 – $137.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $209.60 | $32.34 – $155.67 |