Drainage of rectal abscess at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital
350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600
$712.80
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.
$891.00
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.
$149.37 with Aetna vs $1,036.68 with Iowa Total Care — 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 | $149.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $152.36 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $152.36 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $156.84 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $156.84 | ↓ -78% |
| Meridian | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $156.84 | ↓ -78% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $156.84 | ↓ -78% |
| Medical Associates Health Plan | HMO | $276.33 | ↓ -61% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $295.77 | ↓ -59% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $296.33 | ↓ -58% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $328.60 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $328.60 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | HMO | $357.86 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $386.60 | ↓ -46% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $391.19 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | PPO | $435.60 | ↓ -39% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $453.26 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $496.86 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $496.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Dean Health Plan | HMO | $819.72 | ↑ +15% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,036.68 | ↑ +45% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,036.68 | ↑ +45% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Quartz Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Drainage of rectal abscess at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $712.80 | $149.37 – $977.31 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $712.80 | $149.37 – $1,173.14 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $712.80 | $149.37 – $1,135.99 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $712.80 | $149.37 – $391.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $712.80 | $149.37 – $1,147.36 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $712.80 | $149.37 – $1,044.22 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf | Bettendorf | $712.80 | $149.37 – $1,014.60 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine | Muscatine | $712.80 | $149.37 – $1,018.30 |