Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 at MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center
515 College St, Cedar Falls, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1942241955
$1,695.20
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.
$2,608.00
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.
$408.67 with HEALTH CHOICES vs $3,576.15 with MEDICAL MUTUAL — 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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| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $408.67 | ↓ -76% |
| MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $408.67 | ↓ -76% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS | HEALTH PARTNERS | $568.65 | ↓ -66% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,234.69 | ↓ -27% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,234.69 | ↓ -27% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,234.69 | ↓ -27% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,234.69 | ↓ -27% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,234.69 | ↓ -27% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,234.69 | ↓ -27% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $1,582.49 | ↓ -7% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $1,739.00 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $1,739.00 | ↑ +3% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $3,576.15 | ↑ +111% |
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Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $490.80 | not published |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $410.00 | $27.90 – $161.62 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $6,992.00 | $277.18 – $1,717.13 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $5,418.00 | $991.13 – $3,612.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $3,521.70 | $2,347.80 – $3,612.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $567.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $567.00 | $305.87 – $321.30 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $9,356.95 | $27.90 – $3,576.15 |