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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506
$2,705.30
Cash price 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.
not published by hospital
Gross charge 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.
$834.31 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $1,858.14 with NOVA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $834.31 | ↓ -69% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $842.49 | ↓ -69% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $845.76 | ↓ -69% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $905.96 | ↓ -67% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $905.96 | ↓ -67% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $905.96 | ↓ -67% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $915.02 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $924.08 | ↓ -66% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $933.69 | ↓ -65% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $942.94 | ↓ -65% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $1,229.51 | ↓ -55% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $1,261.13 | ↓ -53% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $1,447.68 | ↓ -46% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $1,553.07 | ↓ -43% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $1,858.14 | ↓ -31% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $1,858.14 | ↓ -31% |
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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $427.20 | $50.95 – $801.60 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $427.20 | $50.95 – $878.39 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $98.40 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $427.20 | $50.95 – $755.69 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $11,736.98 | $2.16 – $1,990.07 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $204.00 | $2.16 – $20.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $12,646.90 | $899.83 – $2,014.73 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $103.20 | not published |