Pericardial drain w/cath pq w/ct guid at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
$560.80
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.
$701.00
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.
$186.32 with Aetna vs $701.00 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.
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 | $186.32 | ↓ -67% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $190.05 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $190.05 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $195.64 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $195.64 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $195.64 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $227.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $288.34 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | HMO | $306.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | PPO | $306.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $322.62 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $396.08 | ↓ -29% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $410.40 | ↓ -27% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $410.40 | ↓ -27% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $482.80 | ↓ -14% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $701.00 | ↑ +25% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $701.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Pericardial drain w/cath pq w/ct guid at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $543.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $743.60 | $323.75 – $1,144.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $570.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $570.00 | $693.50 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $3,871.00 | $186.32 – $3,870.99 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $3,613.00 | $186.32 – $1,820.05 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $3,865.92 | $186.32 – $1,420.72 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $560.80 | $186.32 – $499.02 |