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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$486.85

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.

$163.00

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.

$9.09 with IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH vs $163.00 with CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE — 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 DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $9.09 ↓ -98%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $9.40 ↓ -98%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $9.50 ↓ -98%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.52 ↓ -98%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.52 ↓ -98%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.52 ↓ -98%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $9.53 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.61 ↓ -98%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $9.71 ↓ -98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.71 ↓ -98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $9.71 ↓ -98%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.90 ↓ -98%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $12.91 ↓ -97%
OSCAR OSCAR $13.25 ↓ -97%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $16.31 ↓ -97%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $19.52 ↓ -96%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $19.52 ↓ -96%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $46.13 ↓ -91%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $46.13 ↓ -91%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $47.11 ↓ -90%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $98.86 ↓ -80%
WEBTPA AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
COVENTRY AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
AETNA AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
MERITAIN AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
AETNA EAP AETNA $142.63 ↓ -71%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $142.95 ↓ -71%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $146.70 ↓ -70%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $146.70 ↓ -70%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $146.70 ↓ -70%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $146.70 ↓ -70%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $146.70 ↓ -70%
QUALCARE QCCH $146.70 ↓ -70%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $146.70 ↓ -70%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $146.70 ↓ -70%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $154.85 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $163.00 ↓ -67%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $163.00 ↓ -67%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $33.57 $5.83 – $15.10
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $33.57 $5.83 – $22.11
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $48.00 $9.71 – $9.71
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $547.30 $9.09 – $122.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $79.30 $46.12 – $137.32
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $79.30 $6.80 – $127.51
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $245.00 $9.40 – $130.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $317.00 $6.80 – $130.00

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