Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler 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

$283.20

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.

$354.00

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.

$33.15 with Aetna vs $274.60 with BC Illinois Community — 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 $33.15 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare Advantage $33.81 ↓ -88%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $33.81 ↓ -88%
Amerivantage Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↓ -88%
Meridian MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) $34.81 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $34.81 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare PPO $48.65 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare HMO $48.65 ↓ -83%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO $49.73 ↓ -82%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $63.40 ↓ -78%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $63.40 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $69.56 ↓ -75%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $69.85 ↓ -75%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $74.60 ↓ -74%
Aetna HMO $80.40 ↓ -72%
Dean Health Plan HMO $81.88 ↓ -71%
BC Illinois Community PPO $83.38 ↓ -71%
Aetna PPO $92.48 ↓ -67%
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid $93.50 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $93.50 ↓ -67%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $105.83 ↓ -63%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $118.48 ↓ -58%
Quartz Health HMO $230.06 ↓ -19%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $274.60 ↓ -3%

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Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $1,492.00 $98.68 – $1,492.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $969.80 $98.68 – $1,492.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $936.00 $101.16 – $1,440.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $813.80 $98.49 – $1,252.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $724.17 $33.15 – $477.05
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $667.64 $33.15 – $336.32
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $830.83 $33.15 – $305.33
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $478.71 $33.15 – $530.76

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