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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$273.65

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.

$113.00

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.

$8.20 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $113.00 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 TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $8.20 ↓ -97%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $8.28 ↓ -97%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.29 ↓ -97%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.29 ↓ -97%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.29 ↓ -97%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $8.31 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.37 ↓ -97%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $8.46 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.46 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $8.46 ↓ -97%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.63 ↓ -97%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $9.09 ↓ -97%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $11.25 ↓ -96%
OSCAR OSCAR $11.54 ↓ -96%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $14.21 ↓ -95%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $17.00 ↓ -94%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $17.00 ↓ -94%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $31.98 ↓ -88%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $31.98 ↓ -88%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $32.66 ↓ -88%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $68.53 ↓ -75%
WEBTPA AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
COVENTRY AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
AETNA AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
MERITAIN AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
AETNA EAP AETNA $98.88 ↓ -64%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $99.10 ↓ -64%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↓ -63%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↓ -63%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↓ -63%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↓ -63%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↓ -63%
QUALCARE QCCH $101.70 ↓ -63%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↓ -63%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $101.70 ↓ -63%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $107.35 ↓ -61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $113.00 ↓ -59%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $113.00 ↓ -59%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $68.56 $5.08 – $25.20
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $68.56 $5.08 – $45.16
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $55.20 $8.46 – $8.46
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $322.40 $8.63 – $159.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $448.50 $9.09 – $178.97
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $374.00 $8.37 – $159.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $268.00 $8.20 – $84.49
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $103.35 $81.84 – $166.19

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