Radiation treatment delivery 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

$404.65

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.

$505.81

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.

$96.28 with Amerigroup vs $404.65 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
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $96.28 ↓ -76%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $96.28 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $106.93 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicare Advantage $106.93 ↓ -74%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $106.93 ↓ -74%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $110.07 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $110.07 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $110.07 ↓ -73%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $121.60 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HMO $169.42 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare PPO $169.42 ↓ -58%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $186.14 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $199.96 ↓ -51%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $208.39 ↓ -49%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $237.62 ↓ -41%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $237.64 ↓ -41%
Aetna HMO $239.46 ↓ -41%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $241.00 ↓ -40%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $241.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna PPO $252.97 ↓ -37%
BC Illinois Community PPO $282.90 ↓ -30%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $283.50 ↓ -30%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $293.37 ↓ -28%
Dean Health Plan HMO $404.65 ↑ +0%
Quartz Health HMO $404.65 ↑ +0%

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Radiation treatment delivery at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,670.50 $91.54 – $2,570.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $281.40 $104.82 – $146.74
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,799.20 $93.96 – $2,768.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,277.60 $96.31 – $3,504.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $2,027.35 $98.72 – $3,119.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $307.80 $104.82 – $146.74
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $3,193.45 $96.12 – $4,913.00
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $481.16 $104.24 – $241.00

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