Block femoral nerve cont infusion cath w/img 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

$3,510.00

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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.

$5,400.00

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.

$1,285.20 with PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE vs $3,600.00 with CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE — 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
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $1,285.20 ↓ -63%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $1,317.60 ↓ -62%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $2,088.00 ↓ -41%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $2,156.40 ↓ -39%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $2,174.76 ↓ -38%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $2,880.00 ↓ -18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $2,988.00 ↓ -15%
AETNA EAP AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
AETNA AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
COVENTRY AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
MERITAIN AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
WEBTPA AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $3,006.00 ↓ -14%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,240.00 ↓ -8%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,240.00 ↓ -8%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $3,240.00 ↓ -8%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,240.00 ↓ -8%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,240.00 ↓ -8%
UNITY UNITY HMO $3,240.00 ↓ -8%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,240.00 ↓ -8%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,240.00 ↓ -8%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $3,600.00 ↑ +3%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $3,600.00 ↑ +3%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $3,600.00 ↑ +3%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $3,600.00 ↑ +3%

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Block femoral nerve cont infusion cath w/img at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $316.80 $66.01 – $782.77
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $316.80 $66.01 – $737.94
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $316.80 $66.01 – $885.81
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $316.80 $66.01 – $857.75
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $316.80 $66.01 – $175.88
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $316.80 $66.01 – $866.34
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $316.80 $51.48 – $788.46
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf $6,590.21 $66.01 – $3,229.20

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