Cortisol total am 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

$244.40

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.

$376.00

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.

$15.80 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $376.00 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
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $15.80 ↓ -94%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $15.95 ↓ -93%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.97 ↓ -93%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.97 ↓ -93%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.97 ↓ -93%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $16.02 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.13 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.29 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $16.30 ↓ -93%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $16.30 ↓ -93%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $16.46 ↓ -93%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.63 ↓ -93%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $17.12 ↓ -93%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $21.68 ↓ -91%
OSCAR OSCAR $22.24 ↓ -91%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $25.53 ↓ -90%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $27.38 ↓ -89%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $32.76 ↓ -87%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $32.76 ↓ -87%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $137.62 ↓ -44%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $218.08 ↓ -11%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $225.22 ↓ -8%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $227.14 ↓ -7%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $300.80 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $312.08 ↑ +28%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
COVENTRY AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
MERITAIN AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
AETNA AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
WEBTPA AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
AETNA EAP AETNA $313.96 ↑ +28%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $338.40 ↑ +38%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $338.40 ↑ +38%
UNITY UNITY HMO $338.40 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $338.40 ↑ +38%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $338.40 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $338.40 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $338.40 ↑ +38%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $338.40 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $376.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $376.00 ↑ +54%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $376.00 ↑ +54%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $376.00 ↑ +54%

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Cortisol total am at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $55.00 $3.50 – $55.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $144.60 $16.30 – $16.30
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $122.20 $74.43 – $188.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $122.20 $71.06 – $211.61
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $182.00 $15.80 – $280.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $122.20 $71.85 – $188.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $159.25 $15.80 – $245.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $122.20 $96.76 – $196.50

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