Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$1,045.20

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.

$119.00

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.

$9.09 with IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH vs $119.00 with CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE — 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 DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $9.09 ↓ -99%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $9.40 ↓ -99%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $9.50 ↓ -99%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.52 ↓ -99%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.52 ↓ -99%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.52 ↓ -99%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $9.53 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.61 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.71 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $9.71 ↓ -99%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $9.71 ↓ -99%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $9.71 ↓ -99%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $9.81 ↓ -99%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.90 ↓ -99%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $10.20 ↓ -99%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $12.91 ↓ -99%
OSCAR OSCAR $13.25 ↓ -99%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $15.21 ↓ -99%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $16.31 ↓ -98%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $19.52 ↓ -98%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $19.52 ↓ -98%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $43.55 ↓ -96%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $69.02 ↓ -93%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $71.28 ↓ -93%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $71.89 ↓ -93%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $95.20 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $98.77 ↓ -91%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
AETNA AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
AETNA EAP AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
COVENTRY AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
MERITAIN AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
WEBTPA AETNA $99.37 ↓ -90%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $107.10 ↓ -90%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $107.10 ↓ -90%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $107.10 ↓ -90%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $107.10 ↓ -90%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $107.10 ↓ -90%
UNITY UNITY HMO $107.10 ↓ -90%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $107.10 ↓ -90%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $107.10 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $119.00 ↓ -89%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $119.00 ↓ -89%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $33.57 $3.50 – $33.57
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $48.00 $9.71 – $9.71
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $547.30 $9.09 – $122.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $79.30 $46.12 – $137.32
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $486.85 $9.09 – $163.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $695.00 $9.09 – $122.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $781.00 $9.09 – $88.75
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $79.30 $6.80 – $127.51

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