Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital
350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600
$5,186.80
Cash price 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.
$6,483.49
Gross charge 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.
$297.65 with Aetna vs $5,186.79 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $297.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $303.60 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $303.60 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $312.53 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $312.53 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $312.53 | ↓ -94% |
| Meridian | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $312.53 | ↓ -94% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $478.52 | ↓ -91% |
| Medical Associates Health Plan | HMO | $550.65 | ↓ -89% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $569.67 | ↓ -89% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $633.40 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $633.40 | ↓ -88% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $713.79 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | HMO | $742.51 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $745.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $792.93 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | PPO | $904.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Dean Health Plan | HMO | $966.92 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $1,050.62 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $1,050.62 | ↓ -80% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $2,385.92 | ↓ -54% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $2,671.20 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $3,102.85 | ↓ -40% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $3,102.85 | ↓ -40% |
| Quartz Health | HMO | $5,186.79 | ↓ -0% |
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| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $3,123.25 | $1,715.39 – $7,153.96 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $3,913.80 | $3,378.09 – $4,239.95 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $10,685.00 | $2,147.69 – $10,685.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $6,945.25 | $2,147.69 – $10,685.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $5,762.25 | $2,269.44 – $8,865.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $4,520.40 | $3,378.09 – $4,729.32 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $4,520.40 | $2,561.56 – $5,499.82 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $1,916.85 | $693.02 – $6,918.39 |