Pr repair intermediate wounds scalp/axillae/trunk/extremities 2.6 - 7.5 cm 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

$742.40

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.

$928.00

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.

$172.63 with Aetna vs $594.03 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 $172.63 ↓ -77%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $176.08 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare Advantage $176.08 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $181.26 ↓ -76%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $181.26 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $181.26 ↓ -76%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $198.64 ↓ -73%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $222.26 ↓ -70%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $272.87 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $331.16 ↓ -55%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $331.16 ↓ -55%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $340.90 ↓ -54%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $340.90 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $358.37 ↓ -52%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $401.10 ↓ -46%
Aetna HMO $440.19 ↓ -41%
Aetna PPO $524.03 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare HMO $594.03 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare PPO $594.03 ↓ -20%

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Pr repair intermediate wounds scalp/axillae/trunk/extremities 2.6 - 7.5 cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $6,352.00 $35.88 – $3,576.15
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $550.80 $277.55 – $382.44
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $627.00 $42.32 – $627.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $655.20 $42.32 – $1,134.60
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $655.20 $44.29 – $1,008.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $627.00 $44.29 – $427.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,162.00 $31.45 – $880.71
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $578.40 $291.85 – $382.44

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