Brace ank air stirrup univ 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

$47.97

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.

$73.80

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.

$7.74 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $39.95 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 $7.74 ↓ -84%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $7.82 ↓ -84%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $7.85 ↓ -84%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.99 ↓ -83%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $14.26 ↓ -70%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $14.62 ↓ -70%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $15.02 ↓ -69%
OSCAR OSCAR $15.18 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $21.57 ↓ -55%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $21.57 ↓ -55%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $23.17 ↓ -52%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $23.93 ↓ -50%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $23.97 ↓ -50%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $23.97 ↓ -50%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $24.13 ↓ -50%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $31.96 ↓ -33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $33.16 ↓ -31%
AETNA EAP AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
AETNA AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
COVENTRY AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
MERITAIN AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
WEBTPA AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $33.36 ↓ -30%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $35.96 ↓ -25%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $35.96 ↓ -25%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $35.96 ↓ -25%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $35.96 ↓ -25%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $35.96 ↓ -25%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $35.96 ↓ -25%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $35.96 ↓ -25%
UNITY UNITY HMO $35.96 ↓ -25%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $39.95 ↓ -17%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $39.95 ↓ -17%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $39.95 ↓ -17%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $39.95 ↓ -17%

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Brace ank air stirrup univ at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $201.60 $50.24 – $231.84
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $44.40 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $38.38 $13.52 – $34.16
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $47.97 $16.14 – $48.06
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $47.97 $8.28 – $42.70
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $47.97 $15.27 – $39.95
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $47.97 $6.93 – $39.95
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $47.97 $20.56 – $41.76

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