Boot softgait shrt m 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

$41.49

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.

$63.83

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.

$4.96 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $25.60 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $4.96 ↓ -88%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $5.01 ↓ -88%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $5.03 ↓ -88%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.12 ↓ -88%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $9.14 ↓ -78%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $9.37 ↓ -77%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $9.63 ↓ -77%
OSCAR OSCAR $9.73 ↓ -77%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $13.82 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $13.82 ↓ -67%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $14.85 ↓ -64%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $15.33 ↓ -63%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $15.36 ↓ -63%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $15.36 ↓ -63%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $15.46 ↓ -63%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $20.48 ↓ -51%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $21.25 ↓ -49%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
MERITAIN AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
COVENTRY AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
AETNA EAP AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
WEBTPA AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
AETNA AETNA $21.38 ↓ -48%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $23.04 ↓ -44%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $23.04 ↓ -44%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $23.04 ↓ -44%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $23.04 ↓ -44%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $23.04 ↓ -44%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $23.04 ↓ -44%
UNITY UNITY HMO $23.04 ↓ -44%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $23.04 ↓ -44%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $25.60 ↓ -38%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $25.60 ↓ -38%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $25.60 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $25.60 ↓ -38%

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Boot softgait shrt m at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $380.80 $94.84 – $437.92
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $31.80 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $49.24 $8.11 – $20.48
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $41.49 $9.68 – $28.82
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $41.49 $4.96 – $25.60
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $41.49 $9.78 – $25.60
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $41.49 $4.44 – $25.60
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $41.49 $13.18 – $26.76

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