Prgrmg eval implantable dfb 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

$226.40

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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.

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$283.00

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.

$32.79 with Iowa Total Care vs $178.80 with BC Illinois Community — 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
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $32.79 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $32.79 ↓ -86%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $36.41 ↓ -84%
Molina Medicare Advantage $36.41 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.41 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $37.48 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $37.48 ↓ -83%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $37.48 ↓ -83%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $39.73 ↓ -82%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $41.40 ↓ -82%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $44.48 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $51.20 ↓ -77%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $57.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna HMO $57.63 ↓ -75%
Aetna PPO $68.35 ↓ -70%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $69.00 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HMO $78.62 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare PPO $78.62 ↓ -65%
Dean Health Plan HMO $86.38 ↓ -62%
Quartz Health HMO $86.38 ↓ -62%
BC Illinois Community PPO $89.07 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $89.40 ↓ -61%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $89.40 ↓ -61%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $105.20 ↓ -54%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $178.80 ↓ -21%

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Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $321.00 $25.33 – $189.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $36.40 $14.34 – $80.86
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $389.00 $35.16 – $276.19
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $226.40 $30.91 – $106.11
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $226.40 $35.50 – $106.11
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $226.40 $35.50 – $106.11
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $226.40 $39.43 – $106.11
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $226.40 $35.07 – $106.11

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