CMS Price Transparency Data

Trauma team activation

Facility: Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi

Billing Code: G0390 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,426

about 1.0× the $1,362 Medicare rate · typically $1,009–$2,125

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,389

About the fair price

about $37 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,362 Fair price $1,426 This hospital $1,389 Cash price $5,803 Hospital's list price $7,254

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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 $1,389

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 $1,426 (about 1.0× the $1,362 Medicare rate). Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi charges insurers about $1,389, or about $5,803 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Des Moines, IA.

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✓ Aetna✓ Cigna Blue Cross Blue ShieldHumanaKaiser 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	$1,389 - $3,398	102%
Aetnamajor	$1,350 - $3,309	99%
Cignamajor	$3,141	231%
Amerigroup	$1,275	94%
HealthPartners	$1,710	126%
Medica	$1,901 - $2,133	140%
Molina	$1,350	99%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$1,275 - $1,389

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 5,803), 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 Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi 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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