CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, lower back

Facility: University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down

Billing Code: 72110 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$107

about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $86–$129

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$105

About the fair price

about $2 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $107 This hospital $105 Cash price $680 Hospital's list price $972

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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 $21 Priciest $105

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 X-ray, lower back is about $107 (about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate). University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down charges insurers about $105, or about $680 in cash — about the fair price. 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	$47 - $411	44%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$47 - $467	44%
Aetnamajor	$47 - $582	44%
Humanamajor	$103	96%
HealthPartners	$47 - $826	44%
Molina	$47 - $389	44%
Oscar Health	$62 - $612	58%
Sanford Health Plan	$84 - $826	79%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$25 - $875

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 680), 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: 72110.

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 72110.
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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