Brace back t-lso custom 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

$5,319.00

Cash price

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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.

$6,648.75

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.

$1,059.70 with United Healthcare vs $5,319.00 with Quartz Health — 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
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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
United Healthcare HMO $1,059.70 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare PPO $1,059.70 ↓ -80%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $1,537.07 ↓ -71%
BC Illinois Community PPO $1,829.85 ↓ -66%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $2,081.64 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $2,081.64 ↓ -61%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $2,081.64 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO $2,124.12 ↓ -60%
Aetna PPO $2,124.12 ↓ -60%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $2,166.60 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,166.60 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,166.60 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $2,194.14 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,230.33 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,230.33 ↓ -58%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $2,230.33 ↓ -58%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $2,446.74 ↓ -54%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $2,463.98 ↓ -54%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $2,696.64 ↓ -49%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $2,739.29 ↓ -48%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $3,856.28 ↓ -27%
Dean Health Plan HMO $5,319.00 ↑ +0%
Quartz Health HMO $5,319.00 ↑ +0%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Brace back t-lso custom at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $2,912.40 $1,599.58 – $4,480.62
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $2,767.13 $1,685.39 – $4,257.12
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $2,912.40 $1,693.67 – $5,043.39
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $2,912.40 $1,268.02 – $4,480.62
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $2,913.85 $1,713.35 – $4,482.85
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $2,912.40 $1,052.95 – $4,480.62
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $2,912.40 $2,306.18 – $4,683.14
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $4,482.85 $901.05 – $4,482.85

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