Ascenda two piece catheter at MercyOne Clinton Medical Center

1410 N. Fourth St, Clinton, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1427093962

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Aug 3, 2026

$15,324.40

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.

$23,576.00

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.

$24.46 with MEDICAL ASSOCIATES vs $86.44 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 $24.46 ↓ -100%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $24.46 ↓ -100%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $24.98 ↓ -100%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $51.86 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $51.86 ↓ -100%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $52.43 ↓ -100%
AETNA EAP AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
AETNA AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
COVENTRY AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
MERITAIN AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
WEBTPA AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $75.64 ↓ -100%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $75.81 ↓ -100%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $77.80 ↓ -99%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $77.80 ↓ -99%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $77.80 ↓ -99%
QUALCARE QCCH $77.80 ↓ -99%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $77.80 ↓ -99%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $77.80 ↓ -99%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $77.80 ↓ -99%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $77.80 ↓ -99%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $82.12 ↓ -99%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $86.44 ↓ -99%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $86.44 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $86.44 ↓ -99%

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Ascenda two piece catheter at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $23,222.40 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $15,324.40 $30.86 – $86.44
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $14,560.00 $40.62 – $102.60
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $15,324.40 $32.67 – $97.30
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $15,324.40 $33.04 – $86.44
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $15,324.40 $20.31 – $86.44
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $15,324.40 $44.49 – $90.35
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $23,576.00 $17.37 – $86.44

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