Reconstruct shoulder joint at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital
350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600
$7,160.00
Cash price 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.
$8,950.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,290.01 with Aetna vs $16,169.07 with Iowa Total Care — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $1,290.01 | ↓ -82% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $1,315.81 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $1,315.81 | ↓ -82% |
| Meridian | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $1,354.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $1,354.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $1,354.51 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $1,354.51 | ↓ -81% |
| Medical Associates Health Plan | HMO | $2,386.52 | ↓ -67% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $2,677.09 | ↓ -63% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $2,760.79 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $2,807.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $2,807.00 | ↓ -61% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $3,187.01 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | HMO | $3,248.84 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $3,302.40 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $3,434.40 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | PPO | $3,953.84 | ↓ -45% |
| Dean Health Plan | HMO | $4,117.00 | ↓ -43% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $4,475.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $4,475.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $16,169.07 | ↑ +126% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $16,169.07 | ↑ +126% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Quartz Health | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
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Reconstruct shoulder joint at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $42,956.29 | $6.50 – $35,034.15 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $60,706.51 | $9.09 – $33,880.50 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $46,379.67 | $9.09 – $34,040.37 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $56,731.04 | $31.45 – $34,040.37 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $85,492.91 | $9.09 – $37,986.64 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $80,457.72 | $9.09 – $33,880.50 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $7,160.00 | $1,290.01 – $15,243.06 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $7,160.00 | $1,290.01 – $18,297.44 |