CMS Price Transparency Data

Vaginal delivery (full package)

Facility: University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down

Billing Code: 59400 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$3,240

about 1.5× the $2,214 Medicare rate · typically $2,580–$3,444

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $2,214 Fair price $3,240 Cash price $2,689 Hospital's list price $3,842

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$2,106 - $6,794	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,968 - $3,568	89%
Aetnamajor	$1,949 - $4,423	88%
HealthPartners	$1,988 - $6,530	90%
Molina	$1,949 - $2,106	88%
Oscar Health	$4,840	219%
Sanford Health Plan	$6,530	295%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$1,920 - $6,760

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 2,689), 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 CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 59400.

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 CPT code 59400.
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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