Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion 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

$1,149.40

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.

$1,436.74

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.

$45.83 with Aetna vs $1,149.39 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $45.83 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $46.75 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare Advantage $46.75 ↓ -96%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $48.12 ↓ -96%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $48.12 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $48.12 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $48.12 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HMO $67.05 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare PPO $67.05 ↓ -94%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $68.75 ↓ -94%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $83.90 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $83.90 ↓ -93%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $97.13 ↓ -92%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $98.70 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $102.38 ↓ -91%
Dean Health Plan HMO $106.72 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $111.25 ↓ -90%
BC Illinois Community PPO $115.54 ↓ -90%
Aetna PPO $128.66 ↓ -89%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $473.26 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $473.26 ↓ -59%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $528.72 ↓ -54%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $561.72 ↓ -51%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $591.94 ↓ -49%
Quartz Health HMO $1,149.39 ↓ -0%

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Nm imaging pulmonary ventilation/perfusion at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,546.35 $487.13 – $2,379.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,124.40 $515.24 – $721.34
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $2,162.00 $434.56 – $2,162.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,405.30 $434.56 – $2,162.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $2,960.00 $812.22 – $2,960.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $1,924.00 $513.95 – $2,960.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $1,256.45 $494.85 – $1,933.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,228.20 $515.24 – $721.34

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