Cytog alys chrml abnr lw-ps 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

$1,113.60

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.

$1,392.00

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.

$3.50 with BC Illinois Community vs $1,617.22 with Medical Associates 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
BC Illinois Community PPO $3.50 ↓ -100%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $512.26 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $573.50 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare PPO $696.00 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare HMO $696.00 ↓ -38%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $734.98 ↓ -34%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $774.82 ↓ -30%
Dean Health Plan HMO $1,113.60 ↑ +0%
Quartz Health HMO $1,113.60 ↑ +0%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,197.94 ↑ +8%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $1,197.94 ↑ +8%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,197.94 ↑ +8%
Aetna PPO $1,197.94 ↑ +8%
Aetna HMO $1,197.94 ↑ +8%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,206.40 ↑ +8%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,221.90 ↑ +10%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,221.90 ↑ +10%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,221.90 ↑ +10%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $1,257.84 ↑ +13%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,257.84 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,257.84 ↑ +13%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $1,389.61 ↑ +25%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $1,617.22 ↑ +45%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Cytog alys chrml abnr lw-ps at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,113.60 $655.63 – $1,257.84
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,113.60 $439.87 – $1,257.84
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,113.60 $364.70 – $1,257.84
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,113.60 $553.74 – $1,234.70
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $1,113.60 $487.20 – $1,257.84
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $1,113.60 $361.92 – $1,257.84
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $1,113.60 $487.20 – $1,916.70
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine $1,113.60 $3.50 – $1,916.70

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