Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital
350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600
$1,423.58
Cash price 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.
$1,779.47
Gross charge 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.
$82.54 with Aetna vs $782.77 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $82.54 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $84.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $84.19 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $86.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $86.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Meridian | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $86.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $86.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Medical Associates Health Plan | HMO | $152.70 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $168.34 | ↓ -88% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $173.48 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $175.20 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $175.20 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | HMO | $203.71 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $206.10 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $219.45 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | PPO | $246.62 | ↓ -83% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $276.81 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $284.16 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $284.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $327.42 | ↓ -77% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $366.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Dean Health Plan | HMO | $492.20 | ↓ -65% |
| Quartz Health | HMO | $711.78 | ↓ -50% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $782.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $782.77 | ↓ -45% |
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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,413.00 | $803.40 – $852.20 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $4,058.23 | $0.50 – $510.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $4,972.21 | $723.35 – $2,556.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $4,316.00 | $833.27 – $4,427.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $9,843.40 | $834.84 – $4,313.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $5,973.85 | $0.25 – $510.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $9,480.17 | $837.21 – $2,574.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $5,176.30 | $846.85 – $3,308.00 |