Autologous blood process at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital
350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600
$164.99
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$206.23
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$56.17 with United Healthcare vs $190.30 with Meridian — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | HMO | $56.17 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $56.17 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $56.70 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $56.70 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $66.70 | ↓ -60% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $75.89 | ↓ -54% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $84.97 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | HMO | $107.22 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $108.89 | ↓ -34% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $109.84 | ↓ -33% |
| Medical Associates Health Plan | HMO | $119.61 | ↓ -28% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $122.43 | ↓ -26% |
| Aetna | PPO | $127.32 | ↓ -23% |
| Dean Health Plan | HMO | $144.44 | ↓ -12% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $145.75 | ↓ -12% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $150.67 | ↓ -9% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $150.67 | ↓ -9% |
| Quartz Health | HMO | $164.98 | ↓ -0% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $167.33 | ↑ +1% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $167.33 | ↑ +1% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $167.33 | ↑ +1% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $172.25 | ↑ +4% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $172.25 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $172.25 | ↑ +4% |
| Meridian | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $190.30 | ↑ +15% |
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Autologous blood process at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $96.60 | $104.65 – $164.03 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $108.00 | $117.00 – $164.03 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $164.99 | $56.17 – $165.89 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $164.99 | $56.17 – $170.50 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $164.99 | $54.03 – $167.93 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $164.99 | $56.17 – $182.93 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $164.99 | $56.17 – $166.75 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $164.99 | $40.82 – $175.35 |