Amylase 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

$273.00

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.

$420.00

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.

$6.28 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $125.00 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 $6.28 ↓ -98%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $6.34 ↓ -98%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.35 ↓ -98%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.35 ↓ -98%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.35 ↓ -98%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $6.37 ↓ -98%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.41 ↓ -98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.48 ↓ -98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $6.48 ↓ -98%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $6.48 ↓ -98%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $6.54 ↓ -98%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6.61 ↓ -98%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $6.80 ↓ -98%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $8.62 ↓ -97%
OSCAR OSCAR $8.84 ↓ -97%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $10.15 ↓ -96%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $10.89 ↓ -96%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $13.02 ↓ -95%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $13.02 ↓ -95%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $45.75 ↓ -83%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $72.50 ↓ -73%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $74.88 ↓ -73%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $75.51 ↓ -72%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $100.00 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $103.75 ↓ -62%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
COVENTRY AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
MERITAIN AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
AETNA AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
WEBTPA AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
AETNA EAP AETNA $104.38 ↓ -62%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $112.50 ↓ -59%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $112.50 ↓ -59%
UNITY UNITY HMO $112.50 ↓ -59%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $112.50 ↓ -59%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $112.50 ↓ -59%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $112.50 ↓ -59%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $112.50 ↓ -59%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $112.50 ↓ -59%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $125.00 ↓ -54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $125.00 ↓ -54%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $125.00 ↓ -54%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $125.00 ↓ -54%

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Amylase at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $33.57 $3.50 – $33.57
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $115.20 $6.48 – $6.48
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $71.50 $43.55 – $110.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $71.50 $41.58 – $123.82
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $84.50 $6.28 – $26.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $71.50 $42.04 – $110.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $53.95 $6.28 – $83.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $71.50 $6.48 – $114.97

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