Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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

$49.26

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.

$61.57

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.

$3.50 with BC Illinois Community vs $100.88 with Health Partners Open Network — 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
BC Illinois Community PPO $3.50 ↓ -93%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $10.40 ↓ -79%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $22.66 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $25.37 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare HMO $30.79 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare PPO $30.79 ↓ -37%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $32.51 ↓ -34%
Quartz Health HMO $49.26 ↑ +0%
Dean Health Plan HMO $49.26 ↑ +0%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $51.31 ↑ +4%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $51.31 ↑ +4%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $51.31 ↑ +4%
Aetna PPO $51.72 ↑ +5%
Aetna HMO $51.72 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $52.34 ↑ +6%
Molina Medicare Advantage $52.34 ↑ +6%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $52.34 ↑ +6%
Humana Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↑ +9%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↑ +9%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $59.52 ↑ +21%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $69.27 ↑ +41%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $100.88 ↑ +105%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $146.90 $85.43 – $254.39
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $146.90 $86.38 – $226.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $49.26 $29.00 – $100.88
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $49.26 $19.46 – $53.88
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $49.26 $16.13 – $100.88
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $49.26 $24.49 – $54.61
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $49.26 $21.55 – $53.88
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $49.26 $16.01 – $100.88

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