Telethx isodose plan cplx 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

$529.60

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.

$662.00

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.

$121.67 with Aetna vs $353.82 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.

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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 $121.67 ↓ -77%
Molina Medicare Advantage $124.10 ↓ -77%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $124.10 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $127.75 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $127.75 ↓ -76%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $127.75 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO $162.55 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare PPO $162.55 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $245.19 ↓ -54%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $255.10 ↓ -52%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $255.10 ↓ -52%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $255.53 ↓ -52%
Aetna HMO $296.66 ↓ -44%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $300.10 ↓ -43%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $303.43 ↓ -43%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $303.43 ↓ -43%
Aetna PPO $353.82 ↓ -33%
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Telethx isodose plan cplx at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,975.35 $96.92 – $2,157.69
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $631.80 $350.41 – $490.57
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $718.90 $96.92 – $1,106.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $564.85 $245.93 – $1,239.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $513.50 $96.92 – $790.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $982.80 $362.29 – $1,512.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $690.00 $350.41 – $490.57
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,015.72 $121.67 – $1,015.71

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