Bx skin tangential ea sep/ addl les 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

$326.45

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.

$408.06

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.

$19.68 with Aetna vs $326.45 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $19.68 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare Advantage $20.07 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $20.07 ↓ -94%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $20.66 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $20.66 ↓ -94%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $20.66 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $20.66 ↓ -94%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $36.41 ↓ -89%
BC Illinois Community PPO $37.18 ↓ -89%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $38.50 ↓ -88%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $38.50 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $40.98 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $45.30 ↓ -86%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $52.79 ↓ -84%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $69.22 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare HMO $70.57 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare PPO $70.57 ↓ -78%
Dean Health Plan HMO $149.96 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $150.17 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $168.12 ↓ -49%
Aetna HMO $204.03 ↓ -38%
Aetna PPO $204.03 ↓ -38%
Quartz Health HMO $326.45 ↑ +0%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Bx skin tangential ea sep/ addl les at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $79.80 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $139.00 $11.29 – $97.15
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $53.30 $42.21 – $85.71
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $139.00 $11.29 – $200.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $92.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $58.80 $71.54 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $157.95 $11.29 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $241.08 $19.68 – $158.81

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