Hematocrit 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

$199.00

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.

$26.00

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.

$2.30 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $26.00 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 $2.30 ↓ -99%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.32 ↓ -99%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $2.32 ↓ -99%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.32 ↓ -99%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.32 ↓ -99%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $2.33 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.35 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $2.37 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.37 ↓ -99%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $2.37 ↓ -99%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $2.39 ↓ -99%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.42 ↓ -99%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $3.15 ↓ -98%
OSCAR OSCAR $3.64 ↓ -98%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $3.93 ↓ -98%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $3.98 ↓ -98%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $4.76 ↓ -98%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $4.76 ↓ -98%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $6.11 ↓ -97%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $6.11 ↓ -97%
MERITAIN AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
COVENTRY AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
WEBTPA AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
AETNA EAP AETNA $6.43 ↓ -97%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $8.50 ↓ -96%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $9.09 ↓ -95%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $18.46 ↓ -91%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $18.46 ↓ -91%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $18.46 ↓ -91%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $18.46 ↓ -91%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $18.46 ↓ -91%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $18.46 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $23.66 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $26.00 ↓ -87%

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Hematocrit at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $25.20 $2.37 – $2.37
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $30.55 $18.61 – $47.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $30.55 $2.35 – $52.90
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $270.00 $9.09 – $47.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $30.55 $24.19 – $49.12
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $28.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $28.80 $4.76 – $10.22
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $33.57 $2.37 – $22.11

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