Inj gemcitabine hcl (accord) 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

$485.70

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.

$485.70

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.

$137.45 with MEDICAL ASSOCIATES vs $485.70 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 $137.45 ↓ -72%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $137.45 ↓ -72%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $140.37 ↓ -71%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $291.42 ↓ -40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $291.42 ↓ -40%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $294.58 ↓ -39%
AETNA EAP AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
AETNA AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
COVENTRY AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
MERITAIN AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
WEBTPA AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $424.99 ↓ -12%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $425.96 ↓ -12%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $437.13 ↓ -10%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $437.13 ↓ -10%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $437.13 ↓ -10%
QUALCARE QCCH $437.13 ↓ -10%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $437.13 ↓ -10%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $437.13 ↓ -10%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $437.13 ↓ -10%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $437.13 ↓ -10%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $461.42 ↓ -5%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $485.70 ↑ +0%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $485.70 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $485.70 ↑ +0%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $68.13 $1.33 – $9.47
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $44.86 $7.78 – $26.98
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UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell not published $7.78 – $11.41
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa not published $7.78 – $11.41
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown not published $7.78 – $11.41
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City not published $6.08 – $11.41

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