Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img exstng trct 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

$5,097.60

Cash price

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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.

$6,372.00

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.

$181.85 with Aetna vs $7,967.87 with Aetna — 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

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 $181.85 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare Advantage $185.49 ↓ -96%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $185.49 ↓ -96%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $190.94 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $190.94 ↓ -96%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $190.94 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $190.94 ↓ -96%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $336.42 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $375.26 ↓ -93%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $383.80 ↓ -92%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $383.80 ↓ -92%
BC Illinois Community PPO $431.67 ↓ -92%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $451.50 ↓ -91%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $483.86 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare HMO $654.80 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare PPO $654.80 ↓ -87%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $1,167.30 ↓ -77%
Dean Health Plan HMO $2,931.12 ↓ -43%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $3,032.43 ↓ -41%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $3,032.43 ↓ -41%
Aetna HMO $7,542.41 ↑ +48%
Aetna PPO $7,967.87 ↑ +56%
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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Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img exstng trct at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $458.40 $397.15 – $3,301.42
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $2,054.00 $275.17 – $6,843.44
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,335.10 $275.17 – $6,843.44
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $9,609.60 $2,523.14 – $9,856.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $423.60 $458.90 – $3,301.42
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $5,097.60 $181.85 – $3,331.31
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $5,097.60 $181.85 – $3,431.60
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $5,887.29 $181.85 – $3,322.91

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