Antistreptolysin o screen 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

$48.75

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$75.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$5.59 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $75.00 with STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $5.59 ↓ -89%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $5.64 ↓ -88%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.65 ↓ -88%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.65 ↓ -88%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.65 ↓ -88%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $5.67 ↓ -88%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.71 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.77 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $5.77 ↓ -88%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $5.77 ↓ -88%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $5.83 ↓ -88%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.89 ↓ -88%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $6.06 ↓ -88%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $7.67 ↓ -84%
OSCAR OSCAR $7.87 ↓ -84%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $9.04 ↓ -81%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $9.69 ↓ -80%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $11.60 ↓ -76%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $11.60 ↓ -76%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $27.45 ↓ -44%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $43.50 ↓ -11%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $44.93 ↓ -8%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $45.31 ↓ -7%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $60.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $62.25 ↑ +28%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
COVENTRY AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
MERITAIN AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
AETNA AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
WEBTPA AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
AETNA EAP AETNA $62.63 ↑ +28%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $67.50 ↑ +38%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $67.50 ↑ +38%
UNITY UNITY HMO $67.50 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $67.50 ↑ +38%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $67.50 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $67.50 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $67.50 ↑ +38%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $67.50 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $75.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $75.00 ↑ +54%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $75.00 ↑ +54%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $75.00 ↑ +54%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Antistreptolysin o screen at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $48.57 $3.46 – $48.57
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $53.40 $5.77 – $5.77
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $48.75 $29.69 – $75.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $48.75 $28.35 – $84.42
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $14.95 $5.59 – $23.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $48.75 $28.67 – $75.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $14.95 $5.41 – $23.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $48.75 $38.60 – $78.39

All Iowa hospitals for this procedure →