Boot mlti podous univ xlg 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

$165.01

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.

$253.86

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.

$13.06 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $67.37 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
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $13.06 ↓ -92%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $13.18 ↓ -92%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $13.24 ↓ -92%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.47 ↓ -92%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $24.05 ↓ -85%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $24.66 ↓ -85%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $25.33 ↓ -85%
OSCAR OSCAR $25.60 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $36.38 ↓ -78%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $36.38 ↓ -78%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $39.07 ↓ -76%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $40.35 ↓ -76%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $40.42 ↓ -76%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $40.42 ↓ -76%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $40.70 ↓ -75%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $53.90 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $55.92 ↓ -66%
AETNA EAP AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
AETNA AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
COVENTRY AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
MERITAIN AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
WEBTPA AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $56.25 ↓ -66%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $60.63 ↓ -63%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $60.63 ↓ -63%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $60.63 ↓ -63%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $60.63 ↓ -63%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $60.63 ↓ -63%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $60.63 ↓ -63%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $60.63 ↓ -63%
UNITY UNITY HMO $60.63 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $67.37 ↓ -59%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $67.37 ↓ -59%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $67.37 ↓ -59%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $67.37 ↓ -59%

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Boot mlti podous univ xlg at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $96.80 – $246.31
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $80.40 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $171.38 $31.66 – $79.96
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $165.01 $25.47 – $75.83
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $165.01 $13.06 – $67.37
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $165.01 $25.75 – $67.37
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $165.01 $11.68 – $67.37
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $165.01 $34.68 – $70.42

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