Tube trach disp innr can 6 xlt 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

$2.78

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.

$4.27

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.

$0.46 with MEDICAL ASSOCIATES vs $1.97 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
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $0.46 ↓ -83%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $0.46 ↓ -83%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $0.64 ↓ -77%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $1.09 ↓ -61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1.09 ↓ -61%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1.40 ↓ -50%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1.40 ↓ -50%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1.40 ↓ -50%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1.40 ↓ -50%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1.40 ↓ -50%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1.40 ↓ -50%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $1.79 ↓ -36%
AETNA AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
AETNA EAP AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
COVENTRY AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
MERITAIN AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
WEBTPA AETNA $1.81 ↓ -35%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $1.97 ↓ -29%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $1.97 ↓ -29%

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Tube trach disp innr can 6 xlt at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $2.78 $0.70 – $1.97
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $11.13 $3.12 – $7.88
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $2.78 $0.74 – $2.22
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $2.78 $0.56 – $1.97
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $2.78 $0.75 – $1.97
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $2.78 $1.01 – $2.06
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $4.27 $0.40 – $1.97
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2.78 $0.40 – $1.97

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