Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1336231091
$3,392.34
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.
$4,240.42
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.
$201.55 with Aetna vs $3,588.79 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 | $201.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $205.58 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $205.58 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $211.63 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $211.63 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $211.63 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $459.70 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $459.70 | ↓ -86% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $465.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $539.09 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $540.90 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $725.77 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $725.77 | ↓ -79% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,287.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,287.61 | ↓ -62% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $1,997.24 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $2,234.70 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | HMO | $3,449.42 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | PPO | $3,588.79 | ↑ +6% |
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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $2,022.80 | $3.54 – $4,235.59 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,800.00 | $1,486.98 – $1,950.00 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $2,486.90 | $1,365.88 – $3,826.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $2,902.25 | $6.32 – $4,465.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,576.25 | $620.80 – $3,410.37 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $2,003.40 | $1,486.98 – $2,081.78 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $584.40 | $711.02 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $3,439.98 | $201.55 – $3,439.98 |