Ligation/biopsy of temporal artery 37609 at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital
350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600
$1,521.60
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.
$1,902.00
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.
$179.29 with Aetna vs $1,424.56 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 | $179.29 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $182.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $182.88 | ↓ -88% |
| Meridian | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $188.25 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $188.25 | ↓ -88% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $188.25 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $188.25 | ↓ -88% |
| Medical Associates Health Plan | HMO | $331.69 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $393.44 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $407.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $407.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | HMO | $466.39 | ↓ -69% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $478.80 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $481.74 | ↓ -68% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $538.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | PPO | $566.94 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $631.11 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $631.11 | ↓ -59% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $668.04 | ↓ -56% |
| Dean Health Plan | HMO | $874.92 | ↓ -43% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $1,424.56 | ↓ -6% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $1,424.56 | ↓ -6% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Quartz Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Ligation/biopsy of temporal artery 37609 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $570.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $27,154.10 | $42.36 – $3,206.43 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $599.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $599.40 | $729.27 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,521.60 | $179.29 – $1,342.97 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $1,521.60 | $179.29 – $1,612.08 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $3,212.87 | $179.29 – $1,561.02 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $2,020.36 | $179.29 – $2,240.07 |