Infectious agent nucleic acid joint space pathogens multiplex amplified probe >= 26 targets at MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center
515 College St, Cedar Falls, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1942241955
$1,325.35
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.
$2,039.00
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.
$479.17 with HEALTH CHOICES vs $2,039.00 with IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH — 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 | $479.17 | ↓ -64% |
| MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $479.17 | ↓ -64% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $666.17 | ↓ -50% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $666.17 | ↓ -50% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $666.17 | ↓ -50% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS | HEALTH PARTNERS | $666.75 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $672.84 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $679.50 | ↓ -49% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $686.57 | ↓ -48% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $693.37 | ↓ -48% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $904.09 | ↓ -32% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,019.50 | ↓ -23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,019.50 | ↓ -23% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $1,043.24 | ↓ -21% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $1,128.42 | ↓ -15% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $1,142.01 | ↓ -14% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $1,366.34 | ↑ +3% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $1,366.34 | ↑ +3% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,447.69 | ↑ +9% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,447.69 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,447.69 | ↑ +9% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,447.69 | ↑ +9% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,447.69 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,447.69 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $1,855.49 | ↑ +40% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $1,873.84 | ↑ +41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $2,039.00 | ↑ +54% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $2,039.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid joint space pathogens multiplex amplified probe >= 26 targets at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $1,325.35 | $666.17 – $2,039.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $1,325.35 | $807.24 – $2,039.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $1,325.35 | $770.74 – $2,295.10 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $1,325.35 | $577.04 – $2,039.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $1,325.35 | $779.31 – $2,039.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $1,325.35 | $1,049.47 – $2,131.16 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $2,039.00 | $409.84 – $2,039.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,325.35 | $409.84 – $2,039.00 |