Removal of anal tags 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

$720.80

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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.

$901.00

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.

$156.37 with Aetna vs $2,411.19 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.

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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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $156.37 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare Advantage $159.50 ↓ -78%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $159.50 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $164.19 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $164.19 ↓ -77%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $164.19 ↓ -77%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $164.19 ↓ -77%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $289.28 ↓ -60%
BC Illinois Community PPO $311.39 ↓ -57%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $320.02 ↓ -56%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $339.50 ↓ -53%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $339.50 ↓ -53%
Aetna HMO $386.01 ↓ -46%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $399.40 ↓ -45%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $416.32 ↓ -42%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $452.68 ↓ -37%
Aetna PPO $469.08 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare HMO $535.30 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare PPO $535.30 ↓ -26%
Dean Health Plan HMO $828.92 ↑ +15%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $2,411.19 ↑ +235%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $2,411.19 ↑ +235%
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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Removal of anal tags at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $487.20 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $11,152.10 $0.96 – $6,545.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $511.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $511.80 $622.69 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $720.80 $156.37 – $2,273.10
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $720.80 $156.37 – $2,728.58
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $720.80 $156.37 – $2,642.16
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $720.80 $156.37 – $416.32

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