Bx pancreas pq ndl 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

$1,336.00

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.

$1,670.00

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.

$211.84 with Aetna vs $1,536.40 with Dean Health Plan — 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 $211.84 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare Advantage $216.08 ↓ -84%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $216.08 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $222.43 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $222.43 ↓ -83%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $222.43 ↓ -83%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $222.43 ↓ -83%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $391.90 ↓ -71%
BC Illinois Community PPO $419.97 ↓ -69%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $447.30 ↓ -67%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $447.30 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $470.14 ↓ -65%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $526.20 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO $546.84 ↓ -59%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $564.32 ↓ -58%
Aetna PPO $664.77 ↓ -50%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $736.86 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare HMO $765.45 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare PPO $765.45 ↓ -43%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,424.56 ↑ +7%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $1,424.56 ↑ +7%
Dean Health Plan HMO $1,536.40 ↑ +15%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital
Quartz Health HMO not published by hospital

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Bx pancreas pq ndl at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,141.80 $1,236.95 – $1,550.93
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $2,477.00 $497.88 – $3,206.43
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,610.05 $497.88 – $3,206.43
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,318.80 $1,428.70 – $1,550.93
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,336.00 $211.84 – $1,342.97
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,336.00 $211.84 – $1,612.08
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,714.79 $211.84 – $1,561.02
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,336.00 $211.84 – $564.32

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