Brachy source yttrium-90 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

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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.

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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.

$17,834.80 with Aetna vs $40,394.44 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
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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 $17,834.80
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $17,834.80
Molina Medicare Advantage $17,834.80
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $18,359.36
Humana Medicare Advantage $18,359.36
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18,359.36
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $20,282.72
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $31,929.25
United Healthcare HMO $36,864.83
United Healthcare PPO $36,864.83
Aetna HMO $38,237.45
Aetna PPO $40,394.44

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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $60,990.00 $17.85 – $35,719.73
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $60,990.00 $15.84 – $40.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $60,990.00 $18.90 – $56.28
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $60,990.00 $14.15 – $38,255.83
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $60,990.00 $19.11 – $50.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $60,990.00 $11.75 – $35,719.73
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $60,990.00 $25.74 – $52.26
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $60,990.00 $10.05 – $35,719.73

All Iowa hospitals for this procedure →