Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family 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

$222.80

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.

$278.49

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.

$80.00 with Medical Associates Health Plan vs $222.79 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
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $80.00 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare PPO $82.70 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare HMO $82.70 ↓ -63%
Aetna HMO $91.63 ↓ -59%
Aetna PPO $91.63 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $93.23 ↓ -58%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $95.09 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicare Advantage $95.09 ↓ -57%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $97.29 ↓ -56%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $97.89 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $97.89 ↓ -56%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $97.89 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare Advantage $97.89 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $102.48 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $114.74 ↓ -49%
BC Illinois Community PPO $115.82 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $132.71 ↓ -40%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $147.04 ↓ -34%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $148.50 ↓ -33%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $148.50 ↓ -33%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $148.50 ↓ -33%
Dean Health Plan HMO $215.28 ↓ -3%
Quartz Health HMO $222.79 ↓ -0%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,105.65 $74.80 – $301.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $233.40 $126.19 – $126.19
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $194.35 $118.37 – $299.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $194.35 $113.02 – $336.55
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $820.30 $74.80 – $461.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $194.35 $114.28 – $299.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $1,782.00 $74.80 – $608.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $194.35 $153.90 – $312.51

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