St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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

$219.05

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.

$337.00

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.

$72.01 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $483.00 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 $72.01 ↓ -67%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $72.72 ↓ -67%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $73.00 ↓ -67%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $79.20 ↓ -64%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $79.20 ↓ -64%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $79.43 ↓ -64%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $79.43 ↓ -64%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $79.43 ↓ -64%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $80.22 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $81.02 ↓ -63%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $81.86 ↓ -63%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $82.67 ↓ -62%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $107.80 ↓ -51%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $110.20 ↓ -50%
OSCAR OSCAR $124.39 ↓ -43%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $134.54 ↓ -39%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $136.16 ↓ -38%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $162.91 ↓ -26%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $162.91 ↓ -26%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $239.27 ↑ +9%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $239.27 ↑ +9%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $239.27 ↑ +9%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $239.27 ↑ +9%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $239.27 ↑ +9%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $239.27 ↑ +9%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
COVENTRY AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
MERITAIN AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
AETNA AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
AETNA EAP AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
WEBTPA AETNA $301.50 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $306.67 ↑ +40%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $337.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $337.00 ↑ +54%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $483.00 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $483.00 ↑ +120%

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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $186.00 $107.20 – $107.20
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $169.65 $72.01 – $261.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $221.00 $134.61 – $340.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $221.00 $128.52 – $382.70
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $132.60 $57.73 – $204.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $221.00 $175.00 – $355.37
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $217.00 $43.62 – $217.00
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