Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506
$22.75
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.
$35.00
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.
$8.57 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $35.00 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $8.57 | ↓ -62% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $8.57 | ↓ -62% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9.15 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9.15 | ↓ -60% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9.15 | ↓ -60% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9.24 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9.34 | ↓ -59% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $9.43 | ↓ -59% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $9.53 | ↓ -58% |
| PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE | PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES | $9.81 | ↓ -57% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $12.42 | ↓ -45% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $12.74 | ↓ -44% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $12.81 | ↓ -44% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $14.63 | ↓ -36% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $15.69 | ↓ -31% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $18.77 | ↓ -17% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $18.77 | ↓ -17% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR | $20.30 | ↓ -11% |
| WPS | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES | $20.97 | ↓ -8% |
| THE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $21.14 | ↓ -7% |
| MHNET | MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES | $28.00 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $29.05 | ↑ +28% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $29.23 | ↑ +28% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $31.50 | ↑ +38% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $31.50 | ↑ +38% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $31.50 | ↑ +38% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $31.50 | ↑ +38% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $31.50 | ↑ +38% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $31.50 | ↑ +38% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $31.50 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITY | UNITY HMO | $31.50 | ↑ +38% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $35.00 | ↑ +54% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $35.00 | ↑ +54% |
| STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH | STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH | $35.00 | ↑ +54% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $35.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $18.40 | $1.80 – $22.96 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $49.40 | $8.57 – $76.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $70.20 | $9.15 – $108.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $70.20 | $9.15 – $108.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $125.00 | $8.57 – $125.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $17.55 | $5.43 – $27.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $108.00 | $9.15 – $108.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $70.20 | $9.15 – $108.00 |