Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital

350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$3,952.31

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$4,940.38

Gross charge

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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.

$67.70 with Aetna vs $6,611.96 with Aetna — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Advantage $67.70 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare Advantage $69.05 ↓ -98%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $69.05 ↓ -98%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $71.09 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $71.09 ↓ -98%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $71.09 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $71.09 ↓ -98%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $125.25 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $140.00 ↓ -96%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $140.00 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $142.22 ↓ -96%
BC Illinois Community PPO $145.48 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $164.70 ↓ -96%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $182.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO $248.18 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare PPO $248.18 ↓ -94%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $275.68 ↓ -93%
Dean Health Plan HMO $493.12 ↓ -88%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $1,818.06 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $2,035.44 ↓ -48%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $2,516.40 ↓ -36%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $2,516.40 ↓ -36%
Quartz Health HMO $3,952.30 ↓ -0%
Aetna HMO $6,258.90 ↑ +58%
Aetna PPO $6,611.96 ↑ +67%

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $3,955.90 $1,448.35 – $5,803.88
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,854.80 $1,858.35 – $2,739.61
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $5,088.20 $1,476.98 – $6,215.96
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $9,918.00 $1,329.01 – $6,612.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $18,847.10 $366.78 – $6,612.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $19,039.36 $2.46 – $436.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $4,319.25 $23.65 – $6,293.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $3,297.60 $2,146.95 – $2,739.61

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