Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506
$1,561.30
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,402.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$77.42 with IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH vs $3,300.04 with NOVA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $77.42 | ↓ -95% |
| STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH | STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH | $174.74 | ↓ -89% |
| PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE | PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES | $571.56 | ↓ -63% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $585.97 | ↓ -62% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR | $928.58 | ↓ -41% |
| WPS | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES | $959.00 | ↓ -39% |
| THE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $967.16 | ↓ -38% |
| MHNET | MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES | $1,280.80 | ↓ -18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $1,328.83 | ↓ -15% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $1,336.84 | ↓ -14% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,440.90 | ↓ -8% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,440.90 | ↓ -8% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,440.90 | ↓ -8% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,440.90 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITY | UNITY HMO | $1,440.90 | ↓ -8% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,440.90 | ↓ -8% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $1,440.90 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,440.90 | ↓ -8% |
| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $1,481.73 | ↓ -5% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $1,496.26 | ↓ -4% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $1,502.07 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $1,601.00 | ↑ +3% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $1,601.00 | ↑ +3% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,608.97 | ↑ +3% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,608.97 | ↑ +3% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,608.97 | ↑ +3% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,625.06 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,641.15 | ↑ +5% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $1,658.23 | ↑ +6% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,674.65 | ↑ +7% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $2,183.61 | ↑ +40% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $2,239.76 | ↑ +43% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $2,571.08 | ↑ +65% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $2,758.24 | ↑ +77% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $3,300.04 | ↑ +111% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $3,300.04 | ↑ +111% |
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Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $861.13 | $77.42 – $1,424.56 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $665.40 | $576.55 – $1,550.93 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $3,875.30 | $77.42 – $3,974.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $2,226.90 | $77.42 – $3,206.43 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $13,342.76 | $77.42 – $8,370.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $768.60 | $832.65 – $1,550.93 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $4,282.85 | $77.42 – $4,084.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $692.88 | $77.42 – $1,342.97 |