Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital
350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600
$897.51
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.
$1,121.88
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.
$106.01 with Aetna vs $897.50 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.
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 | $106.01 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $108.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $108.13 | ↓ -88% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $111.31 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $111.31 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $111.31 | ↓ -88% |
| Meridian | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $111.31 | ↓ -88% |
| Medical Associates Health Plan | HMO | $196.12 | ↓ -78% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $223.30 | ↓ -75% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $223.30 | ↓ -75% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $225.49 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $231.64 | ↓ -74% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $262.70 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | HMO | $274.77 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $283.18 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | PPO | $333.74 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $381.42 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $381.42 | ↓ -58% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $392.76 | ↓ -56% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $412.85 | ↓ -54% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $462.21 | ↓ -49% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $694.64 | ↓ -23% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $694.64 | ↓ -23% |
| Dean Health Plan | HMO | $725.88 | ↓ -19% |
| Quartz Health | HMO | $897.50 | ↓ -0% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $1,060.15 | $582.27 – $1,631.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,016.40 | $756.26 – $1,058.77 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $2,614.95 | $739.93 – $4,023.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,928.55 | $758.52 – $2,967.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,110.60 | $756.26 – $1,058.77 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $261.00 | $317.55 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $2,919.15 | $738.54 – $4,491.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,519.21 | $106.01 – $1,000.78 |