Fluoroguide needle placement at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506
$678.60
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.
$1,044.00
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.
$372.71 with PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE vs $1,044.00 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.
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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| PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE | PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES | $372.71 | ↓ -45% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $382.10 | ↓ -44% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR | $605.52 | ↓ -11% |
| WPS | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES | $625.36 | ↓ -8% |
| THE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $630.68 | ↓ -7% |
| MHNET | MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES | $835.20 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $866.52 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $871.74 | ↑ +28% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $939.60 | ↑ +38% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $939.60 | ↑ +38% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $939.60 | ↑ +38% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $939.60 | ↑ +38% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $939.60 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITY | UNITY HMO | $939.60 | ↑ +38% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $939.60 | ↑ +38% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $939.60 | ↑ +38% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $1,044.00 | ↑ +54% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $1,044.00 | ↑ +54% |
| STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH | STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH | $1,044.00 | ↑ +54% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $1,044.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $732.92 | $24.41 – $732.91 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $193.80 | not published |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $1,372.46 | $3.44 – $766.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $563.55 | $245.36 – $867.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $2,216.50 | $17.25 – $2,421.10 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,070.00 | $215.07 – $1,070.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $3,783.76 | $92.05 – $1,070.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $766.00 | $210.19 – $766.00 |