Butorphanol tartrate 1 mg 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

$35.55

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.

$35.55

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.

$7.80 with PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE vs $21.85 with STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH — 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 $7.80 ↓ -78%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $8.00 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $11.80 ↓ -67%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $11.80 ↓ -67%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $12.67 ↓ -64%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $13.09 ↓ -63%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $13.20 ↓ -63%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $17.48 ↓ -51%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $18.14 ↓ -49%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
COVENTRY AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
MERITAIN AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
AETNA EAP AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
AETNA AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
WEBTPA AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $18.24 ↓ -49%
UNITY UNITY HMO $19.67 ↓ -45%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -45%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -45%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $19.67 ↓ -45%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -45%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -45%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -45%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $19.67 ↓ -45%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $21.85 ↓ -39%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $21.85 ↓ -39%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $21.85 ↓ -39%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $21.85 ↓ -39%

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Butorphanol tartrate 1 mg at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $6.40 $2.53 – $11.40
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $25.38 not published
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $35.55 $8.26 – $24.59
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $21.85 $6.18 – $21.85
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $35.55 $7.15 – $35.55
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $21.85 $4.39 – $21.85
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $35.55 $9.10 – $35.55
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $25.38 not published

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