Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil 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

$918.42

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.

$1,148.02

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.

$54.36 with Aetna vs $459.21 with Quartz Health — 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 $54.36 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare Advantage $55.45 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $55.45 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $57.08 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $57.08 ↓ -94%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $57.08 ↓ -94%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $57.08 ↓ -94%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $100.57 ↓ -89%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $114.90 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $114.90 ↓ -87%
BC Illinois Community PPO $116.51 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $116.98 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $135.10 ↓ -85%
Aetna HMO $135.38 ↓ -85%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $145.83 ↓ -84%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $154.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna PPO $164.83 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare HMO $192.91 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare PPO $192.91 ↓ -79%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $211.24 ↓ -77%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $236.49 ↓ -74%
Dean Health Plan HMO $275.08 ↓ -70%
Quartz Health HMO $459.21 ↓ -50%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,076.40 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $3,859.70 $795.76 – $3,959.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $2,324.00 $32.59 – $1,549.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,088.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $931.20 $148.19 – $352.24
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,294.80 $312.08 – $3,576.15
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $4,827.44 $44.16 – $114.90
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $478.40 $54.36 – $145.83

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