Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique 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

$156.24

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.

$195.29

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.

$21.21 with United Healthcare vs $190.30 with Meridian — 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 PPO $21.21 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare HMO $21.21 ↓ -86%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $41.98 ↓ -73%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $46.23 ↓ -70%
BC Illinois Community PPO $55.04 ↓ -65%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $71.87 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $80.46 ↓ -49%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $113.27 ↓ -28%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $122.15 ↓ -22%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $150.67 ↓ -4%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $150.67 ↓ -4%
Quartz Health HMO $156.23 ↓ -0%
Dean Health Plan HMO $156.23 ↓ -0%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $167.33 ↑ +7%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $167.33 ↑ +7%
Molina Medicare Advantage $167.33 ↑ +7%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $171.40 ↑ +10%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $171.40 ↑ +10%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $171.40 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $172.25 ↑ +10%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $172.25 ↑ +10%
Humana Medicare Advantage $172.25 ↑ +10%
Aetna HMO $176.92 ↑ +13%
Aetna PPO $176.92 ↑ +13%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $190.30 ↑ +22%

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Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $350.35 $152.85 – $539.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $93.60 $81.25 – $164.03
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $144.95 $88.29 – $223.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $144.95 $84.29 – $251.01
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $144.95 $85.23 – $223.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $274.95 $90.61 – $423.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $144.95 $114.78 – $233.08
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $194.00 $38.99 – $330.76

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