X-ray thoracic spine 2 views at UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital
350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1942392600
$249.16
Cash price 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.
$311.44
Gross charge 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.
$8.98 with Aetna vs $249.15 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $8.98 | ↓ -96% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $9.16 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $9.16 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare Advantage | $9.43 | ↓ -96% |
| Meridian | MMAI (Medicare-Medicaid) | $9.43 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $9.43 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $9.43 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $13.01 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | PPO | $13.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Medical Associates Health Plan | HMO | $13.47 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellmark UPH Self-Funded | Commercial | $16.60 | ↓ -93% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | HMO | $16.60 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna/Midlands | Commercial | $19.09 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield | PPO | $19.50 | ↓ -92% |
| BC Illinois Community | PPO | $20.83 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Partners Open Network | Commercial | $21.99 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | HMO | $26.15 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | PPO | $29.49 | ↓ -88% |
| Dean Health Plan | HMO | $30.36 | ↓ -88% |
| BC Illinois Community | Blue Choice | $56.73 | ↓ -77% |
| Iowa Total Care | Managed Medicaid | $93.50 | ↓ -62% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $93.50 | ↓ -62% |
| Medica Exchange Inspire | Commercial | $114.61 | ↓ -54% |
| Medica Exchange Insure | Commercial | $128.31 | ↓ -49% |
| Quartz Health | HMO | $249.15 | ↓ -0% |
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X-ray thoracic spine 2 views at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $204.00 | $101.79 – $142.51 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $261.30 | $159.15 – $402.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $261.30 | $151.96 – $452.49 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $874.25 | $9.09 – $491.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $261.30 | $153.64 – $402.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $559.65 | $98.49 – $861.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $261.30 | $206.91 – $420.17 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $621.00 | $98.68 – $621.00 |