Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative 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

$189.80

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.

$292.00

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.

$5.60 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $292.00 with STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH — 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 $5.60 ↓ -97%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $5.65 ↓ -97%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.66 ↓ -97%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.66 ↓ -97%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.66 ↓ -97%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $5.68 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.72 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.78 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $5.78 ↓ -97%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $5.78 ↓ -97%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $5.84 ↓ -97%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.90 ↓ -97%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $6.07 ↓ -97%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $7.69 ↓ -96%
OSCAR OSCAR $7.89 ↓ -96%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $9.05 ↓ -95%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $9.71 ↓ -95%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $11.62 ↓ -94%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $11.62 ↓ -94%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $106.87 ↓ -44%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $169.36 ↓ -11%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $174.91 ↓ -8%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $176.40 ↓ -7%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $233.60 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $242.36 ↑ +28%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
COVENTRY AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
MERITAIN AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
AETNA AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
WEBTPA AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
AETNA EAP AETNA $243.82 ↑ +28%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $262.80 ↑ +38%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $262.80 ↑ +38%
UNITY UNITY HMO $262.80 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $262.80 ↑ +38%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $262.80 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $262.80 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $262.80 ↑ +38%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $262.80 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $292.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $292.00 ↑ +54%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $292.00 ↑ +54%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $292.00 ↑ +54%

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Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $25.72 $3.47 – $25.71
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $175.20 $5.78 – $5.78
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $57.20 $34.84 – $88.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $57.20 $33.26 – $99.05
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $78.00 $5.60 – $120.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $57.20 $5.90 – $88.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $40.30 $5.60 – $62.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $57.20 $45.29 – $91.98

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