Infect ag eia influenza a or b ea 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

$489.00

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.

$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.

$13.69 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $73.00 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 $13.69 ↓ -97%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $13.82 ↓ -97%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.85 ↓ -97%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.85 ↓ -97%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.85 ↓ -97%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $13.88 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.99 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.12 ↓ -97%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $14.13 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $14.13 ↓ -97%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $14.27 ↓ -97%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.41 ↓ -97%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $17.16 ↓ -96%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $17.16 ↓ -96%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $18.79 ↓ -96%
OSCAR OSCAR $21.69 ↓ -96%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $23.46 ↓ -95%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $23.74 ↓ -95%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $23.87 ↓ -95%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $28.40 ↓ -94%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $28.40 ↓ -94%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
MERITAIN AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
COVENTRY AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
WEBTPA AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
AETNA EAP AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
AETNA AETNA $38.45 ↓ -92%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $51.31 ↓ -90%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $51.83 ↓ -89%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $51.83 ↓ -89%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $51.83 ↓ -89%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $51.83 ↓ -89%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $51.83 ↓ -89%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $51.83 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $66.43 ↓ -86%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $73.00 ↓ -85%

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Infect ag eia influenza a or b ea at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $466.00 $19.11 – $50.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $63.05 $13.69 – $97.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $38.58 $8.48 – $25.41
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $38.58 $3.50 – $38.58
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $38.58 $8.48 – $19.43
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $38.58 $8.48 – $19.78
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $38.58 $8.48 – $42.77
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $38.58 $8.48 – $23.15

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