Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) 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

$3,519.11

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.

$4,398.88

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.

$158.72 with Health Partners Open Network vs $1,460.08 with United Healthcare — 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
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $158.72 ↓ -95%
Aetna HMO $186.29 ↓ -95%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $195.51 ↓ -94%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $220.02 ↓ -94%
Aetna PPO $227.84 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $230.40 ↓ -93%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $230.40 ↓ -93%
BC Illinois Community PPO $245.73 ↓ -93%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $246.33 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $271.10 ↓ -92%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $315.69 ↓ -91%
Dean Health Plan HMO $328.44 ↓ -91%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $346.78 ↓ -90%
Quartz Health HMO $478.31 ↓ -86%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $608.89 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $608.89 ↓ -83%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $676.24 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $676.24 ↓ -81%
Molina Medicare Advantage $676.24 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $696.13 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage $696.13 ↓ -80%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $696.13 ↓ -80%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $769.05 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare HMO $1,460.08 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare PPO $1,460.08 ↓ -59%

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Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $673.80 $662.89 – $729.95
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,126.45 $457.26 – $1,155.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $3,372.20 $92.05 – $3,459.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $1,877.85 $92.05 – $3,576.15
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,968.75 $9.60 – $1,899.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $1,733.00 $316.93 – $1,155.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $2,261.28 $9.60 – $1,155.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $3,238.30 $85.13 – $3,321.00

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