Inj vocal cord bulking agent 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

$543.84

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.

$679.80

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.

$25.70 with United Healthcare vs $543.84 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
United Healthcare HMO $25.70 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare PPO $25.70 ↓ -95%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $32.28 ↓ -94%
BC Illinois Community PPO $38.43 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $46.36 ↓ -91%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $46.36 ↓ -91%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $46.36 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $52.54 ↓ -90%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $52.54 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Advantage $52.54 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $53.21 ↓ -90%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $54.09 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $54.09 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $54.09 ↓ -90%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $59.75 ↓ -89%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $65.39 ↓ -88%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $250.17 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $280.08 ↓ -48%
Aetna HMO $339.90 ↓ -38%
Aetna PPO $339.90 ↓ -38%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $394.28 ↓ -28%
Dean Health Plan HMO $543.84 ↑ +0%
Quartz Health HMO $543.84 ↑ +0%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Inj vocal cord bulking agent at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $2,837.59 $25.70 – $1,042.81
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $552.41 $25.70 – $270.68
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine $552.41 $25.70 – $283.11
UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids $322.70 $25.70 – $151.26
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo not published $25.70 – $65.39
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $25.70 – $65.39
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa not published $25.70 – $65.39
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown not published $25.70 – $65.39

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