Mayo pregnenolone 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

$105.30

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.

$162.00

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.

$20.03 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $162.00 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.

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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 $20.03 ↓ -81%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $20.23 ↓ -81%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.26 ↓ -81%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.26 ↓ -81%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.26 ↓ -81%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $20.31 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.46 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.66 ↓ -80%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $20.67 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $20.67 ↓ -80%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $20.88 ↓ -80%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.08 ↓ -80%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $27.49 ↓ -74%
OSCAR OSCAR $31.72 ↓ -70%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $34.31 ↓ -67%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $34.73 ↓ -67%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $38.07 ↓ -64%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $38.07 ↓ -64%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $41.55 ↓ -61%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $41.55 ↓ -61%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $52.97 ↓ -50%
AETNA AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
COVENTRY AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
MERITAIN AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
AETNA EAP AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
WEBTPA AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $56.26 ↓ -47%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $115.02 ↑ +9%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $115.02 ↑ +9%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $115.02 ↑ +9%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $115.02 ↑ +9%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $115.02 ↑ +9%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $115.02 ↑ +9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $147.42 ↑ +40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $162.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $162.00 ↑ +54%

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