Membrane amnioband 2x2cm -cost per sq cm at MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center
515 College St, Cedar Falls, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1942241955
$350.14
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.
$538.68
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.
$59.12 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $340.94 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.
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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| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $59.12 | ↓ -83% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $59.70 | ↓ -83% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $59.93 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $68.19 | ↓ -81% |
| MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $80.12 | ↓ -77% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $80.12 | ↓ -77% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $105.69 | ↓ -70% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS | HEALTH PARTNERS | $111.49 | ↓ -68% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $116.60 | ↓ -67% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $170.47 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $170.47 | ↓ -51% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $204.56 | ↓ -42% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $204.56 | ↓ -42% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $242.07 | ↓ -31% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $242.07 | ↓ -31% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $242.07 | ↓ -31% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $242.07 | ↓ -31% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $242.07 | ↓ -31% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $242.07 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $310.26 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $313.32 | ↓ -11% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $340.94 | ↓ -3% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $340.94 | ↓ -3% |
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Membrane amnioband 2x2cm -cost per sq cm at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $350.14 | $66.07 – $340.94 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $436.12 | $140.19 – $354.10 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $350.14 | $128.88 – $383.76 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $350.14 | $66.07 – $340.94 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $350.14 | $130.31 – $340.94 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $350.14 | $175.48 – $356.35 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $538.68 | $55.64 – $340.94 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $350.14 | $55.64 – $340.94 |