Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img 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

$1,210.32

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.

$1,512.89

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.

$71.11 with Aetna vs $2,056.77 with Aetna — 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 $71.11 ↓ -94%
Molina Medicare Advantage $72.53 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $72.53 ↓ -94%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $74.67 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $74.67 ↓ -94%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $74.67 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $74.67 ↓ -94%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $131.55 ↓ -89%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $150.20 ↓ -88%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $150.20 ↓ -88%
BC Illinois Community PPO $154.09 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $154.99 ↓ -87%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $176.70 ↓ -85%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $191.94 ↓ -84%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $214.17 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare HMO $267.36 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare PPO $267.36 ↓ -78%
Dean Health Plan HMO $426.88 ↓ -65%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $556.74 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $623.31 ↓ -49%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $782.77 ↓ -35%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $782.77 ↓ -35%
Quartz Health HMO $1,210.31 ↓ -0%
Aetna HMO $1,946.94 ↑ +61%
Aetna PPO $2,056.77 ↑ +70%

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Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $156.60 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,736.15 $1,057.45 – $2,671.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $850.20 $262.91 – $1,308.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $2,671.00 $732.92 – $2,671.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $164.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $164.40 $200.02 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,681.24 $71.11 – $1,107.51
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $371.20 $71.11 – $885.81

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