External profiling gene expression oncology (breast) mrna 21 genes 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

$7,746.40

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.

$9,683.00

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 $5,422.56 with Health Partners Open Network — 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 $1,710.32 ↓ -78%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $1,914.81 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare HMO $2,323.80 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare PPO $2,323.80 ↓ -70%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $2,453.93 ↓ -68%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $2,505.06 ↓ -68%
Dean Health Plan HMO $3,718.08 ↓ -52%
Quartz Health HMO $3,718.08 ↓ -52%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $3,873.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna PPO $3,873.00 ↓ -50%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $3,873.00 ↓ -50%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $3,873.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna HMO $3,873.00 ↓ -50%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3,950.46 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,950.46 ↓ -49%
Molina Medicare Advantage $3,950.46 ↓ -49%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $4,066.65 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare Advantage $4,066.65 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $4,066.65 ↓ -48%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $4,492.68 ↓ -42%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $5,228.55 ↓ -33%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $5,422.56 ↓ -30%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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External profiling gene expression oncology (breast) mrna 21 genes at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $3,003.00 $1,690.92 – $7,784.73
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $4,620.00 $928.62 – $7,784.73
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $3,003.00 $928.62 – $7,784.73
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $4,620.00 $1,267.73 – $4,620.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $3,003.00 $1,182.72 – $7,784.73
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $3,003.00 $1,085.70 – $10,539.13
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $7,746.40 $2,189.02 – $5,422.56
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $7,746.40 $1,468.64 – $4,066.65

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