Dressing wound matrix 2x2in 25sqcm-q4108-cost per sq cm 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

$978.05

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.

$1,504.70

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.

$17.95 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $92.61 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.

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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 $17.95 ↓ -98%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $18.12 ↓ -98%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $18.19 ↓ -98%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $18.52 ↓ -98%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $33.06 ↓ -97%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $33.90 ↓ -97%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $34.82 ↓ -96%
OSCAR OSCAR $35.19 ↓ -96%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $46.31 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $46.31 ↓ -95%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $53.71 ↓ -95%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $55.47 ↓ -94%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $55.57 ↓ -94%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $55.57 ↓ -94%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $55.95 ↓ -94%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $74.09 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $76.87 ↓ -92%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
MERITAIN AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
COVENTRY AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
AETNA EAP AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
WEBTPA AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
AETNA AETNA $77.33 ↓ -92%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $83.35 ↓ -91%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $83.35 ↓ -91%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $83.35 ↓ -91%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $83.35 ↓ -91%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $83.35 ↓ -91%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $83.35 ↓ -91%
UNITY UNITY HMO $83.35 ↓ -91%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $83.35 ↓ -91%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $92.61 ↓ -91%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $92.61 ↓ -91%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $92.61 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $92.61 ↓ -91%

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Dressing wound matrix 2x2in 25sqcm-q4108-cost per sq cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque not published $45.70 – $57.67
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $870.15 $43.52 – $109.92
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $978.05 $35.01 – $104.24
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $978.05 $17.95 – $92.61
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $978.05 $35.40 – $92.61
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $978.05 $16.06 – $92.61
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $978.05 $47.67 – $96.80
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $1,504.70 $15.11 – $92.61

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