Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506
$1,774.50
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.
$2,730.00
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.
$649.74 with PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE vs $3,300.04 with CLAIMDOC — 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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| PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE | PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES | $649.74 | ↓ -63% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $666.12 | ↓ -62% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR | $1,055.60 | ↓ -41% |
| WPS | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES | $1,090.18 | ↓ -39% |
| THE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $1,099.46 | ↓ -38% |
| MHNET | MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES | $1,456.00 | ↓ -18% |
| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $1,481.73 | ↓ -16% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $1,496.26 | ↓ -16% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $1,502.07 | ↓ -15% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $1,510.60 | ↓ -15% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $1,519.70 | ↓ -14% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,608.97 | ↓ -9% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,608.97 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,608.97 | ↓ -9% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,625.06 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITY | UNITY HMO | $1,638.00 | ↓ -8% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,638.00 | ↓ -8% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $1,638.00 | ↓ -8% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,638.00 | ↓ -8% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,638.00 | ↓ -8% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,638.00 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,638.00 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,638.00 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,641.15 | ↓ -8% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $1,658.23 | ↓ -7% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,674.65 | ↓ -6% |
| STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH | STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH | $1,820.00 | ↑ +3% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $1,820.00 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $1,820.00 | ↑ +3% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $1,820.00 | ↑ +3% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $2,183.61 | ↑ +23% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $2,239.76 | ↑ +26% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $2,571.08 | ↑ +45% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $2,758.24 | ↑ +55% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $3,300.04 | ↑ +86% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $3,300.04 | ↑ +86% |
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Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $2,659.20 | $113.76 – $1,551.30 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,939.80 | $1,400.75 – $1,550.93 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $5,257.00 | $704.51 – $3,505.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $3,417.05 | $704.51 – $3,505.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $3,663.40 | $961.79 – $3,757.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $2,240.40 | $1,550.93 – $1,618.50 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $4,672.20 | $1,126.12 – $4,792.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $2,659.20 | $113.76 – $1,398.83 |