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Esoph egd dilation <30 mm at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital
350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600
$2,656.80
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.
$3,321.00
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.
$136.87 with Aetna vs $3,055.32 with Dean 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.
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 | $136.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $139.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $139.61 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $143.71 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $143.71 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $143.71 | ↓ -95% |
| Meridian | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $143.71 | ↓ -95% |
| Medical Associates Health Plan | HMO | $253.21 | ↓ -90% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $270.01 | ↓ -90% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $292.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $292.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $313.80 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $343.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $366.36 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | HMO | $367.24 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | PPO | $446.33 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $482.57 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $482.57 | ↓ -82% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $629.02 | ↓ -76% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,667.89 | ↓ -37% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,667.89 | ↓ -37% |
| Dean Health Plan | HMO | $3,055.32 | ↑ +15% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Quartz Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Esoph egd dilation <30 mm at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $6,683.20 | $3.78 – $3,834.15 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $216.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $12,118.34 | $43.45 – $4,106.37 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $16,883.97 | $43.45 – $4,235.59 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $558.00 | $43.45 – $422.57 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $17,734.62 | $1.92 – $3,725.39 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $5,522.81 | $2.46 – $3,977.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $16,676.33 | $31.45 – $4,157.27 |