Torsion straight knee joint 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

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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.

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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.

$83.65 with United Healthcare vs $212.85 with Cigna/Midlands — 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
United Healthcare HMO $83.65
United Healthcare PPO $83.65
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $96.94
BC Illinois Community PPO $115.41
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $164.31
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $164.31
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $164.31
Aetna PPO $167.66
Aetna HMO $167.66
Aetna Medicare Advantage $171.01
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $171.01
Molina Medicare Advantage $171.01
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $173.20
Humana Medicare Advantage $176.04
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $176.04
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $176.04
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $194.49
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $212.85

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Torsion straight knee joint at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo not published $83.65 – $212.85
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $83.65 – $212.85
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines not published $83.65 – $212.85
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa not published $83.65 – $212.85
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown not published $83.65 – $212.85
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City not published $83.65 – $212.85
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf not published $83.65 – $268.26
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine not published $83.65 – $295.89

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