Tympanometry & reflex thresh 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

$49.60

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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.

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$62.00

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.

$20.03 with Aetna vs $137.56 with Amerigroup — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $20.03 ↓ -60%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $20.43 ↓ -59%
Molina Medicare Advantage $20.43 ↓ -59%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $21.03 ↓ -58%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $21.03 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare Advantage $21.03 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $21.03 ↓ -58%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $35.05 ↓ -29%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $36.04 ↓ -27%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $36.90 ↓ -26%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $36.90 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $38.81 ↓ -22%
BC Illinois Community PPO $42.91 ↓ -13%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $43.40 ↓ -13%
Aetna HMO $44.24 ↓ -11%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $52.73 ↑ +6%
Aetna PPO $53.61 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare PPO $56.77 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare HMO $56.77 ↑ +14%
Dean Health Plan HMO $57.04 ↑ +15%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $137.56 ↑ +177%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $137.56 ↑ +177%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial not published by hospital —
Quartz Health HMO not published by hospital —
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial not published by hospital —

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Tympanometry & reflex thresh at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $49.60 $20.03 – $129.68
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $49.60 $20.03 – $155.67
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $121.47 $20.03 – $150.74
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $49.60 $20.03 – $52.73
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $49.60 $20.03 – $152.25
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $49.60 $16.12 – $138.56
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $49.60 $20.03 – $134.63
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine $49.60 $20.03 – $135.12

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