Calcium total 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

$31.20

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.

$48.00

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.

$5.00 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $48.00 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 $5.00 ↓ -84%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $5.05 ↓ -84%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↓ -84%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↓ -84%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.06 ↓ -84%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $5.07 ↓ -84%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.11 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $5.16 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.16 ↓ -83%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $5.16 ↓ -83%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $5.21 ↓ -83%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.26 ↓ -83%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $6.86 ↓ -78%
OSCAR OSCAR $7.92 ↓ -75%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $8.57 ↓ -73%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $8.67 ↓ -72%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $10.37 ↓ -67%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $10.37 ↓ -67%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $11.28 ↓ -64%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $11.28 ↓ -64%
MERITAIN AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
AETNA AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
COVENTRY AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
WEBTPA AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
AETNA EAP AETNA $14.03 ↓ -55%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $15.70 ↓ -50%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $34.08 ↑ +9%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $34.08 ↑ +9%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $34.08 ↑ +9%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $34.08 ↑ +9%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $34.08 ↑ +9%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $34.08 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $43.68 ↑ +40%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $48.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $48.00 ↑ +54%

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Calcium total at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $46.20 $5.16 – $5.16
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $63.70 $5.06 – $98.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $409.00 $9.09 – $98.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $63.70 $50.44 – $102.43
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $211.00 $5.00 – $173.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $98.00 $26.89 – $98.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $412.00 $5.00 – $98.00
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