Brace m arm board at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506
$45.37
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.
$69.80
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.
$7.11 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $36.70 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.
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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| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $7.11 | ↓ -84% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $7.18 | ↓ -84% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $7.21 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.34 | ↓ -84% |
| PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE | PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES | $13.10 | ↓ -71% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $13.43 | ↓ -70% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $13.80 | ↓ -70% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $13.95 | ↓ -69% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $19.82 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $19.82 | ↓ -56% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR | $21.29 | ↓ -53% |
| WPS | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES | $21.98 | ↓ -52% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $22.02 | ↓ -51% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $22.02 | ↓ -51% |
| THE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $22.17 | ↓ -51% |
| MHNET | MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES | $29.36 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $30.46 | ↓ -33% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $30.64 | ↓ -32% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $33.03 | ↓ -27% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $33.03 | ↓ -27% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $33.03 | ↓ -27% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $33.03 | ↓ -27% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $33.03 | ↓ -27% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $33.03 | ↓ -27% |
| UNITY | UNITY HMO | $33.03 | ↓ -27% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $33.03 | ↓ -27% |
| STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH | STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH | $36.70 | ↓ -19% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $36.70 | ↓ -19% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $36.70 | ↓ -19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $36.70 | ↓ -19% |
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Brace m arm board at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $545.60 | $136.10 – $627.44 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $23.40 | not published |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $36.30 | $11.62 – $29.36 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $45.37 | $13.87 – $41.31 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $45.37 | $7.11 – $36.70 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $45.37 | $14.03 – $36.70 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $45.37 | $6.36 – $36.70 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $45.37 | $18.89 – $38.36 |