Access & clsr pq fem art endogft dlvry w/img uni at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center

250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Aug 3, 2026

$9,157.20

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.

$14,088.00

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.

$3,352.94 with PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE vs $9,392.00 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
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $3,352.94 ↓ -63%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $3,437.47 ↓ -62%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $5,447.36 ↓ -41%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $5,625.81 ↓ -39%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $5,673.71 ↓ -38%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $7,513.60 ↓ -18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $7,795.36 ↓ -15%
AETNA EAP AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
AETNA AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
COVENTRY AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
MERITAIN AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
WEBTPA AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $7,842.32 ↓ -14%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $8,452.80 ↓ -8%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $8,452.80 ↓ -8%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $8,452.80 ↓ -8%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $8,452.80 ↓ -8%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $8,452.80 ↓ -8%
UNITY UNITY HMO $8,452.80 ↓ -8%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $8,452.80 ↓ -8%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $8,452.80 ↓ -8%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $9,392.00 ↑ +3%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $9,392.00 ↑ +3%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $9,392.00 ↑ +3%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $9,392.00 ↑ +3%

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Access & clsr pq fem art endogft dlvry w/img uni at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $612.80 $104.50 – $352.36
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $169.20 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $792.00 $70.29 – $396.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $3,671.20 $963.84 – $3,765.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $177.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $177.60 $216.08 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $2,919.60 $104.50 – $1,923.29
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $612.80 $104.50 – $279.55

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