Mayo myoglobin 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

$48.10

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.

$74.00

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.

$12.52 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $74.00 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 $12.52 ↓ -74%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $12.64 ↓ -74%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.66 ↓ -74%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.66 ↓ -74%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.66 ↓ -74%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $12.69 ↓ -74%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.79 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.91 ↓ -73%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $12.92 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $12.92 ↓ -73%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $13.05 ↓ -73%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.18 ↓ -73%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $17.18 ↓ -64%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $17.39 ↓ -64%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $17.39 ↓ -64%
OSCAR OSCAR $19.83 ↓ -59%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $21.45 ↓ -55%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $21.71 ↓ -55%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $24.20 ↓ -50%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $25.97 ↓ -46%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $25.97 ↓ -46%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
AETNA AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
COVENTRY AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
MERITAIN AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
WEBTPA AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
AETNA EAP AETNA $35.16 ↓ -27%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.54 ↑ +9%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.54 ↑ +9%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.54 ↑ +9%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.54 ↑ +9%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.54 ↑ +9%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.54 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $67.34 ↑ +40%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $74.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $74.00 ↑ +54%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $216.00 $12.92 – $12.92
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $232.05 $12.52 – $172.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $98.80 $60.18 – $152.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $98.80 $57.46 – $171.09
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $204.75 $12.52 – $152.00
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