Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump 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

$1,237.51

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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.

$1,546.88

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.

$121.30 with Aetna vs $1,237.50 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

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 $121.30 ↓ -90%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $123.73 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Advantage $123.73 ↓ -90%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $127.37 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $127.37 ↓ -90%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $127.37 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $127.37 ↓ -90%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $224.41 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $266.76 ↓ -78%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $270.90 ↓ -78%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $270.90 ↓ -78%
Aetna HMO $309.61 ↓ -75%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $318.70 ↓ -74%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $323.04 ↓ -74%
BC Illinois Community PPO $353.55 ↓ -71%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $356.04 ↓ -71%
Aetna PPO $376.62 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HMO $429.80 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare PPO $429.80 ↓ -65%
Dean Health Plan HMO $472.88 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $543.59 ↓ -56%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $543.59 ↓ -56%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $569.25 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $637.31 ↓ -49%
Quartz Health HMO $1,237.50 ↓ -0%

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Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $639.60 $591.81 – $692.90
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,692.60 $6.39 – $2,604.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $2,469.00 $496.27 – $2,469.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,604.85 $6.39 – $2,469.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $2,213.90 $606.98 – $3,406.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $739.20 $591.81 – $800.80
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $322.80 $392.74 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $1,413.10 $510.89 – $3,576.15

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