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Thyroid (TSH) 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

$525.20

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.

$143.00

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 $143.00 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 $16.28 ↓ -97%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $16.44 ↓ -97%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.46 ↓ -97%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.46 ↓ -97%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.46 ↓ -97%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $16.50 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.63 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.79 ↓ -97%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $16.80 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $16.80 ↓ -97%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.14 ↓ -97%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $22.34 ↓ -96%
OSCAR OSCAR $22.92 ↓ -96%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $28.22 ↓ -95%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $33.77 ↓ -94%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $33.77 ↓ -94%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $40.47 ↓ -92%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $40.47 ↓ -92%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $41.33 ↓ -92%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $86.73 ↓ -83%
WEBTPA AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
COVENTRY AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
AETNA AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
MERITAIN AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
AETNA EAP AETNA $125.13 ↓ -76%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $125.41 ↓ -76%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $128.70 ↓ -75%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $128.70 ↓ -75%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $128.70 ↓ -75%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $128.70 ↓ -75%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $128.70 ↓ -75%
QUALCARE QCCH $128.70 ↓ -75%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $128.70 ↓ -75%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $128.70 ↓ -75%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $135.85 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $143.00 ↓ -73%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $143.00 ↓ -73%

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Thyroid (TSH) Test at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $55.00 $10.08 – $26.14
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $124.80 $76.01 – $192.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $55.00 $10.08 – $36.23
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $835.00 $9.09 – $200.68
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $118.80 $16.80 – $16.80
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $723.45 $9.09 – $259.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $124.80 $72.58 – $216.12
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $810.00 $9.09 – $192.00

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