Disaccharidases 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

$526.50

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.

$810.00

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.

$21.48 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $810.00 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 $21.48 ↓ -96%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $21.69 ↓ -96%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.73 ↓ -96%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.73 ↓ -96%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.73 ↓ -96%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $21.78 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.94 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.16 ↓ -96%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $22.17 ↓ -96%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $22.17 ↓ -96%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $22.39 ↓ -96%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.61 ↓ -96%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $23.28 ↓ -96%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $29.49 ↓ -94%
OSCAR OSCAR $30.24 ↓ -94%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $34.72 ↓ -93%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $37.25 ↓ -93%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $44.56 ↓ -92%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $44.56 ↓ -92%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $296.46 ↓ -44%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $469.80 ↓ -11%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $485.19 ↓ -8%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $489.32 ↓ -7%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $648.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $672.30 ↑ +28%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
COVENTRY AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
MERITAIN AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
AETNA AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
WEBTPA AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
AETNA EAP AETNA $676.35 ↑ +28%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $729.00 ↑ +38%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $729.00 ↑ +38%
UNITY UNITY HMO $729.00 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $729.00 ↑ +38%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $729.00 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $729.00 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $729.00 ↑ +38%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $729.00 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $810.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $810.00 ↑ +54%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $810.00 ↑ +54%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $810.00 ↑ +54%

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Disaccharidases at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $64.28 $3.50 – $64.28
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $616.80 $22.17 – $22.17
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $526.50 $21.48 – $810.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $526.50 $21.48 – $810.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $648.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $174.00 $35.36 – $75.92
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $478.40 $21.48 – $736.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $64.28 $13.30 – $42.34

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