Cap trach decann 15mm 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

$3,283.80

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.

$5,052.00

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.

$1.21 with PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE vs $3.39 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 $1.21 ↓ -100%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $1.24 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1.83 ↓ -100%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $1.83 ↓ -100%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $1.97 ↓ -100%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $2.03 ↓ -100%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $2.05 ↓ -100%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $2.71 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $2.81 ↓ -100%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
COVENTRY AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
MERITAIN AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
AETNA EAP AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
AETNA AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
WEBTPA AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $2.83 ↓ -100%
UNITY UNITY HMO $3.05 ↓ -100%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3.05 ↓ -100%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3.05 ↓ -100%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $3.05 ↓ -100%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3.05 ↓ -100%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3.05 ↓ -100%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3.05 ↓ -100%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3.05 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $3.39 ↓ -100%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $3.39 ↓ -100%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $3.39 ↓ -100%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $3.39 ↓ -100%

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Cap trach decann 15mm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $476.51 $194.77 – $476.50
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,547.40 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $3,120.00 $5.37 – $13.56
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $3,283.80 $1.28 – $3.82
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $3,283.80 $0.96 – $3.39
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $3,283.80 $1.30 – $3.39
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $3,283.80 $0.80 – $3.39
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $3,283.80 $1.74 – $3.54

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