ER Visit (level 4) at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital
350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600
$648.43
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.
$810.53
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.
$20.24 with Medica Exchange Inspire vs $374.39 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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| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $20.24 | ↓ -97% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $22.66 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $29.04 | ↓ -96% |
| Medical Associates Health Plan | HMO | $31.90 | ↓ -95% |
| Quartz Health | HMO | $44.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Dean Health Plan | HMO | $44.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $109.75 | ↓ -83% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $111.95 | ↓ -83% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $111.95 | ↓ -83% |
| Meridian | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $115.24 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $115.24 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $115.24 | ↓ -82% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $115.24 | ↓ -82% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $131.97 | ↓ -80% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $157.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $198.40 | ↓ -69% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $198.40 | ↓ -69% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $198.40 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $199.47 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | HMO | $230.52 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | PPO | $230.52 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $266.24 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $266.24 | ↓ -59% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $374.39 | ↓ -42% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $374.39 | ↓ -42% |
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ER Visit (level 4) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $3,524.95 | $4.56 – $1,436.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $595.20 | $407.60 – $570.64 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $2,448.55 | $1.92 – $284.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $1,987.05 | $0.35 – $319.67 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $2,785.31 | $9.09 – $1,558.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $3,125.00 | $51.31 – $284.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $3,491.30 | $9.09 – $1,656.53 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $3,580.10 | $1.92 – $296.84 |