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Ghs i and d pilonidal cyst simple 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

$512.80

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.

$641.00

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.

$94.69 with Aetna vs $618.62 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $94.69 ↓ -82%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $96.58 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare Advantage $96.58 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage $99.42 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $99.42 ↓ -81%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $99.42 ↓ -81%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $99.42 ↓ -81%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $102.90 ↓ -80%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $115.20 ↓ -78%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $147.64 ↓ -71%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $175.18 ↓ -66%
BC Illinois Community PPO $178.79 ↓ -65%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $187.97 ↓ -63%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $189.10 ↓ -63%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $189.10 ↓ -63%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $222.50 ↓ -57%
Dean Health Plan HMO $223.70 ↓ -56%
Quartz Health HMO $223.70 ↓ -56%
Aetna HMO $227.84 ↓ -56%
Aetna PPO $277.45 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare PPO $316.90 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare HMO $316.90 ↓ -38%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $342.75 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $618.62 ↑ +21%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $618.62 ↑ +21%

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Ghs i and d pilonidal cyst simple at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $358.80 $388.70 – $673.49
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $344.00 $18.43 – $235.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $17,980.90 $0.96 – $1,374.78
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $2,111.00 $579.26 – $2,111.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $2,766.00 $18.43 – $1,534.15
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $433.80 $469.95 – $673.49
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $433.80 $245.82 – $400.77
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $32,113.22 $6.84 – $3,576.15

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