Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe 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

$52.65

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.

$52.65

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.

$6.18 with MEDICAL ASSOCIATES vs $21.85 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 $6.18 ↓ -88%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $6.18 ↓ -88%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $6.31 ↓ -88%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $13.11 ↓ -75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $13.11 ↓ -75%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $13.25 ↓ -75%
AETNA EAP AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
AETNA AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
COVENTRY AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
MERITAIN AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
WEBTPA AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $19.12 ↓ -64%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $19.16 ↓ -64%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -63%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -63%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -63%
QUALCARE QCCH $19.67 ↓ -63%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -63%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $19.67 ↓ -63%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -63%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -63%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $20.76 ↓ -61%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $21.85 ↓ -58%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $21.85 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $21.85 ↓ -58%

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Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $136.40 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $52.65 $7.80 – $21.85
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $46.00 $18.21 – $46.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $52.65 $8.26 – $24.59
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $47.20 $18.04 – $47.20
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $46.00 $5.13 – $21.85
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $52.65 $27.10 – $55.03
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $53.40 $9.25 – $46.00

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