CMS Price Transparency Data

Trauma team activation

Facility: University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down

Billing Code: G0390 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,432

about 1.1× the $1,362 Medicare rate · typically $1,241–$1,432

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,282

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $150 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,362 Fair price $1,432 This hospital $1,282 Cash price $4,515 Hospital's list price $6,450

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 IA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $704 Priciest $1,282

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Trauma team activation is about $1,432 (about 1.1× the $1,362 Medicare rate). University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down charges insurers about $1,282, or about $4,515 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Iowa City, IA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$1,245 - $6,535	91%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,258 - $4,128	92%
Aetnamajor	$1,245 - $5,151	91%
Humanamajor	$1,282	94%
HealthPartners	$1,270 - $7,309	93%
Molina	$1,720 - $3,440	126%
Oscar Health	$2,710 - $5,417	199%
Sanford Health Plan	$3,656 - $7,309	268%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$1,075 - $7,739

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 4,515), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0390.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0390.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.