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Vitamin D 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

$644.80

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.

$240.00

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 $240.00 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 ↓ -99%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $28.68 ↓ -96%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $28.96 ↓ -96%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.01 ↓ -96%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.01 ↓ -96%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.01 ↓ -96%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $29.08 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.30 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $29.59 ↓ -95%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $29.60 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $29.60 ↓ -95%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $30.19 ↓ -95%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $39.37 ↓ -94%
OSCAR OSCAR $40.38 ↓ -94%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $49.73 ↓ -92%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $59.50 ↓ -91%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $59.50 ↓ -91%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $67.92 ↓ -89%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $67.92 ↓ -89%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $69.36 ↓ -89%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $145.56 ↓ -77%
WEBTPA AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
COVENTRY AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
AETNA AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
MERITAIN AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
AETNA EAP AETNA $210.00 ↓ -67%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $210.48 ↓ -67%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $216.00 ↓ -67%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $216.00 ↓ -67%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $216.00 ↓ -67%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $216.00 ↓ -67%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $216.00 ↓ -67%
QUALCARE QCCH $216.00 ↓ -67%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $216.00 ↓ -67%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $216.00 ↓ -67%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $228.00 ↓ -65%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $240.00 ↓ -63%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $240.00 ↓ -63%

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Vitamin D Test at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $86.42 $17.76 – $46.06
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $86.42 $17.76 – $56.93
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $1,060.00 $9.09 – $269.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $99.00 $29.60 – $29.60
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,109.55 $9.09 – $243.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $174.85 $106.50 – $269.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $174.85 $101.68 – $302.79
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $245.05 $28.68 – $377.00

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