Assessment leukocyte fecal qualitative/semiquantitative at MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center

515 College St, Cedar Falls, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1942241955

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Aug 3, 2026

$63.05

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.

$97.00

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.

$4.14 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $56.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $4.14 ↓ -93%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.18 ↓ -93%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $4.18 ↓ -93%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.18 ↓ -93%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.18 ↓ -93%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $4.20 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.23 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $4.27 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.27 ↓ -93%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $4.27 ↓ -93%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $4.31 ↓ -93%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.36 ↓ -93%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $5.68 ↓ -91%
OSCAR OSCAR $6.55 ↓ -90%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $7.09 ↓ -89%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $7.17 ↓ -89%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $8.58 ↓ -86%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $8.58 ↓ -86%
COVENTRY AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
AETNA EAP AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
AETNA AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
WEBTPA AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
MERITAIN AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $11.63 ↓ -82%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $13.16 ↓ -79%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $13.16 ↓ -79%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $18.31 ↓ -71%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $39.76 ↓ -37%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $39.76 ↓ -37%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $39.76 ↓ -37%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $39.76 ↓ -37%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $39.76 ↓ -37%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $39.76 ↓ -37%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $50.96 ↓ -19%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $56.00 ↓ -11%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $56.00 ↓ -11%

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Assessment leukocyte fecal qualitative/semiquantitative at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $33.00 $4.27 – $4.27
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $354.90 $4.14 – $546.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $43.55 $4.18 – $67.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $43.55 $4.18 – $67.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $354.90 $4.14 – $546.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $43.55 $4.18 – $67.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $43.55 $4.18 – $67.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $97.00 $4.14 – $97.00

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