Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 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

$1,253.28

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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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$1,566.59

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.

$129.67 with Aetna vs $1,253.27 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

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 $129.67 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Advantage $132.26 ↓ -89%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $132.26 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $136.15 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage $136.15 ↓ -89%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $136.15 ↓ -89%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $136.15 ↓ -89%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $239.89 ↓ -81%
BC Illinois Community PPO $254.87 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $264.91 ↓ -79%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $274.20 ↓ -78%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $274.20 ↓ -78%
Aetna HMO $316.30 ↓ -75%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $322.60 ↓ -74%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $336.87 ↓ -73%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $348.26 ↓ -72%
Aetna PPO $384.67 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare HMO $431.52 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare PPO $431.52 ↓ -66%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $576.51 ↓ -54%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $618.62 ↓ -51%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $618.62 ↓ -51%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $645.44 ↓ -48%
Dean Health Plan HMO $646.76 ↓ -48%
Quartz Health HMO $1,253.27 ↓ -0%

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Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $435.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $457.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $457.20 $556.26 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,268.80 $129.67 – $835.82
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,124.80 $129.67 – $700.05
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $1,124.80 $129.67 – $677.87
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $1,124.80 $129.67 – $348.26
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $1,268.80 $129.67 – $761.28

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