Dura-guard dura repair patch 10x16cm -q4432-cost per sq cm-160sq 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

$171.82

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.

$264.34

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.

$9.73 with PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE vs $27.25 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
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $9.73 ↓ -94%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $9.97 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $13.63 ↓ -92%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $13.63 ↓ -92%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $15.81 ↓ -91%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $16.32 ↓ -91%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $16.46 ↓ -90%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $21.80 ↓ -87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $22.62 ↓ -87%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
MERITAIN AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
AETNA EAP AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
COVENTRY AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
WEBTPA AETNA $22.75 ↓ -87%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.53 ↓ -86%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $24.53 ↓ -86%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.53 ↓ -86%
UNITY UNITY HMO $24.53 ↓ -86%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.53 ↓ -86%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.53 ↓ -86%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.53 ↓ -86%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.53 ↓ -86%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $27.25 ↓ -84%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $27.25 ↓ -84%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $27.25 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $27.25 ↓ -84%

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Dura-guard dura repair patch 10x16cm -q4432-cost per sq cm-160sq cm at other Iowa hospitals

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