Price Transparency
Archived: 2026-04-23 17:12
Price Transparency
Price Transparency
Know what to expect from your healthcare charges and costs.
You're more than just a name on a bill. We want to provide you with the information you need to keep your health on point. These price transparency resources include information about our charges, your costs and financial assistance that may be available to you, because you deserve to be involved in every step of your care experience.
Options to Estimate Your Healthcare Costs
When you need our care services, you deserve to know ahead of time what it’ll cost. Here’s how to get the information you need.
1. Contact your insurance provider
If you have health insurance, it's best to first contact your insurance provider.
Many insurance providers offer price estimates for your out-of-pocket costs based on your plan's specific benefits. Also, your insurance provider may be able to estimate the cost for all your care – including hospital, physician and other associated charges. Your insurance provider may also have information to help you compare price and quality measures for all the healthcare providers available in your plan.
2. Request a personalized cost estimate from UnityPoint Health.
UnityPoint Health personalized out-of-pocket cost estimates (price estimates) are available based on your specific planned services and insurance plan. To request a cost estimate, call
(833) 23-PRICE
. You may also submit an online estimate request.
UnityPoint Health – Meriter Patients: Call
(608) 417-5030
for a cost estimate or submit an online estimate request.
We’re committed to providing you with information about your estimated out-of-pocket cost as you make healthcare decisions. UnityPoint Health has agreements with many insurance companies that determine the amount we’re paid. Our financial clearance teams will verify your insurance coverage and benefits, including your plan's required co-payments, deductible cost, co-insurance and maximum out-of-pocket cost specified in your plan. We can also discuss your payment options.
3. Use the My UnityPoint cost estimator tool.
Self-service cost estimates (price estimates) for many common non-emergency procedures and services are now available. UnityPoint Health has a new user-friendly tool to help estimate your likely out-of-pocket costs for many common healthcare procedures (for example, abdominal surgery, joint surgery, obstetric care) and services (such as CT, MRI or ultrasound imaging or laboratory services). The tool is available as part of
MyUnityPoint,
our patient portal.
Having a general idea of your costs for a variety of common healthcare procedures and services (such as medical imaging and laboratory costs) through a self-service tool may be useful to you as you plan for upcoming non-emergency care. This self-service price estimating tool is available 24/7.
4. Request financial assistance.
If you’re not insured or think you'll need help paying your bill
, please call
(844)-849-1260
.
UnityPoint Health has
financial assistance policies
to assist patients who cannot pay for some or all of their care. Our financial counselors can also help determine if you’re eligible for other coverage or benefits.
Price Transparency Resource - Hospital Charge Information (Chargemaster and DRG Files)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require hospitals to provide a listing of their current standard charges, including a description for the item or service associated with each charge, for every item and service provided by the hospital. CMS additionally requires hospitals to list their standard charges by Diagnosis-Related Group (DRGs).
UnityPoint Health supports the intent of these requirements and the need to provide accessible information to patients about the cost of healthcare services.
However, it's important to note these numbers do not represent what patients may truly owe after a hospital stay or other service.
A hospital's charges are based on its unique range of services, adoption of new medical technologies, government funding level, patient demographics and other local and regional factors. There’s also a difference between "charges" and "costs".
Charges
are the full retail price for hospital or hospital outpatient services.
The
discount price
is a lower rate that may be negotiated with payers ("contractual rate" or "allowable rate") or with patients ("self-pay discounts").
The final
patient cost
is the patient's financial responsibility (your cost for services based on your benefit coverage and the discounted price).
The charges shown below do not represent payments or any specific/individual patient responsibility. Your financial responsibility will vary depending on your health insurance plan. Also, fees for doctor services or anesthesia administration aren’t reflected in this list and will be billed separately by your doctor.
Please view the charge information for your local hospital below.
Region Name
Excel Chargemaster
PDF Chargemaster
Excel DRG
PDF DRG
Anamosa
Jones Regional Chargemaster Excel
Jones Regional Chargemaster PDF
Jones Regional DRG Excel
Jones Regional DRG PDF
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Chargemaster Excel
Cedar Rapids Chargemaster PDF
Cedar Rapids DRG Excel
Cedar Rapids DRG PDF
Des Moines
Des Moines Chargemaster Excel
Des Moines Chargemaster PDF
Des Moines DRG Excel
Des Moines DRG PDF
Dubuque
Dubuque Chargemaster Excel
Dubuque Chargemaster PDF
Dubuque DRG Excel
Dubuque DRG PDF
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Chargemaster Excel
Fort Dodge Chargemaster PDF
Fort Dodge DRG Excel
Fort Dodge DRG PDF
Grinnell
Grinnell Chargemaster Excel
Grinnell Chargemaster PDF
Grinnell DRG Excel
Grinnell DRG PDF
Madison
Madison Chargemaster Excel
Madison Chargemaster PDF
Madison DRG Excel
Madison DRG PDF
Marshalltown
Marshalltown Chargemaster Excel
Marshalltown Chargemaster PDF
Marshalltown DRG Excel
Marshalltown DRG PDF
Muscatine
Muscatine Chargemaster Excel
Muscatine Chargemaster PDF
Muscatine DRG Excel
Muscatine DRG PDF
Quad Cities
Quad Cities Chargemaster Excel
Quad Cities Chargemaster PDF
Quad Cities DRG Excel
Quad Cities DRG PDF
Sioux City
Sioux City Chargemaster Excel
Sioux City Chargemaster PDF
Sioux City DRG Excel
Sioux City DRG PDF
Waterloo
Waterloo Chargemaster Excel
Waterloo Chargemaster PDF
Waterloo DRG Excel
Waterloo DRG PDF
No Surprise Billing
When you receive emergency care or are treated by an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, you’re now protected from surprise billing or balance billing.
"Out-of-network" means providers and facilities that haven't signed a contract with your health plan. Out-of-network providers may be permitted to bill you for the difference between what your plan agreed to pay and the full amount charged for a service. This is called
"
balance billing
.”
This amount is likely more than in-network costs for the same service and might not count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit.
"Surprise billing" is an unexpected balance bill. This can happen when you can't control who’s involved in your care — like when you have an emergency, or when you schedule a visit at an in-network facility but are unexpectedly treated by an out-of-network provider.
Please review the document below, in English or Spanish, to learn more about how you’re protected from surprise medical bills
and who to contact if you believe you've been wrongly billed.
Your Rights and Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills (English and Spanish)
State Hospital Charge Comparisons
You may also access comparative hospital charge information at state hospital association websites. UnityPoint Health will continue to provide this useful information for healthcare consumers.
Iowa Hospital Charges Compare (Iowa Hospital Association)
Illinois Hospital Card (Illinois Department of Public Health)
Wisconsin Price Point (Wisconsin Hospital Association)
Price Transparency Resource - Hospital Charge Information (All Payer File)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires hospitals to publish a comprehensive machine-readable file (MRF) with pricing for all items and services by insurance payer on their website. This machine-readable file is not necessarily intended for direct patient interpretation. This information has been compiled from our billing, claims and insurance payment files.
Please view the all-payer charge information for your local hospital or hospitals below.
City
Hospital
Anamosa
Jones Regional Medical Center
(
machine readable
)
Cedar Rapids
St. Lukes
(
machine readable
)
Des Moines
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
(
machine readable
)
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
(
machine readable
)
Iowa Methodist West
(
machine readable
)
Dubuque
Finley
(
machine readable
)
Fort Dodge
Trinity Regional Medical Center
(
machine readable
)
Grinnell
Grinnell Regional Medical Center
(
machine readable
)
Madison
Meriter
(
machine readable
)
Marshalltown
Marshalltown
(
machine readable
)
Muscatine
Trinity Muscatine
(
machine readable
)
Quad Cities
Trinity Rock Island/Moline
(
machine readable
)
Trinity Bettendorf
(
machine readable
)
Sioux City
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
(
machine readable
)
Waterloo
Allen Hospital
(
machine readable
)
Providing Timely and Understandable Charge and Cost Information is Important to Us
UnityPoint Health is continually working to improve how we share information about our charges and the cost of your care. As you plan your healthcare needs, be sure to use all the resources on this page and reach out to your insurance provider.
Price Transparency
Know what to expect from your healthcare charges and costs.
You're more than just a name on a bill. We want to provide you with the information you need to keep your health on point. These price transparency resources include information about our charges, your costs and financial assistance that may be available to you, because you deserve to be involved in every step of your care experience.
Options to Estimate Your Healthcare Costs
When you need our care services, you deserve to know ahead of time what it’ll cost. Here’s how to get the information you need.
1. Contact your insurance provider
If you have health insurance, it's best to first contact your insurance provider.
Many insurance providers offer price estimates for your out-of-pocket costs based on your plan's specific benefits. Also, your insurance provider may be able to estimate the cost for all your care – including hospital, physician and other associated charges. Your insurance provider may also have information to help you compare price and quality measures for all the healthcare providers available in your plan.
2. Request a personalized cost estimate from UnityPoint Health.
UnityPoint Health personalized out-of-pocket cost estimates (price estimates) are available based on your specific planned services and insurance plan. To request a cost estimate, call
(833) 23-PRICE
. You may also submit an online estimate request.
UnityPoint Health – Meriter Patients: Call
(608) 417-5030
for a cost estimate or submit an online estimate request.
We’re committed to providing you with information about your estimated out-of-pocket cost as you make healthcare decisions. UnityPoint Health has agreements with many insurance companies that determine the amount we’re paid. Our financial clearance teams will verify your insurance coverage and benefits, including your plan's required co-payments, deductible cost, co-insurance and maximum out-of-pocket cost specified in your plan. We can also discuss your payment options.
3. Use the My UnityPoint cost estimator tool.
Self-service cost estimates (price estimates) for many common non-emergency procedures and services are now available. UnityPoint Health has a new user-friendly tool to help estimate your likely out-of-pocket costs for many common healthcare procedures (for example, abdominal surgery, joint surgery, obstetric care) and services (such as CT, MRI or ultrasound imaging or laboratory services). The tool is available as part of
MyUnityPoint,
our patient portal.
Having a general idea of your costs for a variety of common healthcare procedures and services (such as medical imaging and laboratory costs) through a self-service tool may be useful to you as you plan for upcoming non-emergency care. This self-service price estimating tool is available 24/7.
4. Request financial assistance.
If you’re not insured or think you'll need help paying your bill
, please call
(844)-849-1260
.
UnityPoint Health has
financial assistance policies
to assist patients who cannot pay for some or all of their care. Our financial counselors can also help determine if you’re eligible for other coverage or benefits.
Price Transparency Resource - Hospital Charge Information (Chargemaster and DRG Files)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require hospitals to provide a listing of their current standard charges, including a description for the item or service associated with each charge, for every item and service provided by the hospital. CMS additionally requires hospitals to list their standard charges by Diagnosis-Related Group (DRGs).
UnityPoint Health supports the intent of these requirements and the need to provide accessible information to patients about the cost of healthcare services.
However, it's important to note these numbers do not represent what patients may truly owe after a hospital stay or other service.
A hospital's charges are based on its unique range of services, adoption of new medical technologies, government funding level, patient demographics and other local and regional factors. There’s also a difference between "charges" and "costs".
Charges
are the full retail price for hospital or hospital outpatient services.
The
discount price
is a lower rate that may be negotiated with payers ("contractual rate" or "allowable rate") or with patients ("self-pay discounts").
The final
patient cost
is the patient's financial responsibility (your cost for services based on your benefit coverage and the discounted price).
The charges shown below do not represent payments or any specific/individual patient responsibility. Your financial responsibility will vary depending on your health insurance plan. Also, fees for doctor services or anesthesia administration aren’t reflected in this list and will be billed separately by your doctor.
Please view the charge information for your local hospital below.
Region Name
Excel Chargemaster
PDF Chargemaster
Excel DRG
PDF DRG
Anamosa
Jones Regional Chargemaster Excel
Jones Regional Chargemaster PDF
Jones Regional DRG Excel
Jones Regional DRG PDF
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Chargemaster Excel
Cedar Rapids Chargemaster PDF
Cedar Rapids DRG Excel
Cedar Rapids DRG PDF
Des Moines
Des Moines Chargemaster Excel
Des Moines Chargemaster PDF
Des Moines DRG Excel
Des Moines DRG PDF
Dubuque
Dubuque Chargemaster Excel
Dubuque Chargemaster PDF
Dubuque DRG Excel
Dubuque DRG PDF
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Chargemaster Excel
Fort Dodge Chargemaster PDF
Fort Dodge DRG Excel
Fort Dodge DRG PDF
Grinnell
Grinnell Chargemaster Excel
Grinnell Chargemaster PDF
Grinnell DRG Excel
Grinnell DRG PDF
Madison
Madison Chargemaster Excel
Madison Chargemaster PDF
Madison DRG Excel
Madison DRG PDF
Marshalltown
Marshalltown Chargemaster Excel
Marshalltown Chargemaster PDF
Marshalltown DRG Excel
Marshalltown DRG PDF
Muscatine
Muscatine Chargemaster Excel
Muscatine Chargemaster PDF
Muscatine DRG Excel
Muscatine DRG PDF
Quad Cities
Quad Cities Chargemaster Excel
Quad Cities Chargemaster PDF
Quad Cities DRG Excel
Quad Cities DRG PDF
Sioux City
Sioux City Chargemaster Excel
Sioux City Chargemaster PDF
Sioux City DRG Excel
Sioux City DRG PDF
Waterloo
Waterloo Chargemaster Excel
Waterloo Chargemaster PDF
Waterloo DRG Excel
Waterloo DRG PDF
No Surprise Billing
When you receive emergency care or are treated by an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, you’re now protected from surprise billing or balance billing.
"Out-of-network" means providers and facilities that haven't signed a contract with your health plan. Out-of-network providers may be permitted to bill you for the difference between what your plan agreed to pay and the full amount charged for a service. This is called
"
balance billing
.”
This amount is likely more than in-network costs for the same service and might not count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit.
"Surprise billing" is an unexpected balance bill. This can happen when you can't control who’s involved in your care — like when you have an emergency, or when you schedule a visit at an in-network facility but are unexpectedly treated by an out-of-network provider.
Please review the document below, in English or Spanish, to learn more about how you’re protected from surprise medical bills
and who to contact if you believe you've been wrongly billed.
Your Rights and Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills (English and Spanish)
State Hospital Charge Comparisons
You may also access comparative hospital charge information at state hospital association websites. UnityPoint Health will continue to provide this useful information for healthcare consumers.
Iowa Hospital Charges Compare (Iowa Hospital Association)
Illinois Hospital Card (Illinois Department of Public Health)
Wisconsin Price Point (Wisconsin Hospital Association)
Price Transparency Resource - Hospital Charge Information (All Payer File)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires hospitals to publish a comprehensive machine-readable file (MRF) with pricing for all items and services by insurance payer on their website. This machine-readable file is not necessarily intended for direct patient interpretation. This information has been compiled from our billing, claims and insurance payment files.
Please view the all-payer charge information for your local hospital or hospitals below.
City
Hospital
Anamosa
Jones Regional Medical Center
(
machine readable
)
Cedar Rapids
St. Lukes
(
machine readable
)
Des Moines
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
(
machine readable
)
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
(
machine readable
)
Iowa Methodist West
(
machine readable
)
Dubuque
Finley
(
machine readable
)
Fort Dodge
Trinity Regional Medical Center
(
machine readable
)
Grinnell
Grinnell Regional Medical Center
(
machine readable
)
Madison
Meriter
(
machine readable
)
Marshalltown
Marshalltown
(
machine readable
)
Muscatine
Trinity Muscatine
(
machine readable
)
Quad Cities
Trinity Rock Island/Moline
(
machine readable
)
Trinity Bettendorf
(
machine readable
)
Sioux City
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
(
machine readable
)
Waterloo
Allen Hospital
(
machine readable
)
Providing Timely and Understandable Charge and Cost Information is Important to Us
UnityPoint Health is continually working to improve how we share information about our charges and the cost of your care. As you plan your healthcare needs, be sure to use all the resources on this page and reach out to your insurance provider.