Foot drp splt w/exp heel lg 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

$1,258.46

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.

$1,936.09

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.

$14.91 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $76.94 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 $14.91 ↓ -99%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $15.06 ↓ -99%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $15.12 ↓ -99%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $15.39 ↓ -99%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $27.47 ↓ -98%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $28.16 ↓ -98%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $28.93 ↓ -98%
OSCAR OSCAR $29.24 ↓ -98%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $41.55 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $41.55 ↓ -97%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $44.63 ↓ -96%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $46.09 ↓ -96%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $46.16 ↓ -96%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $46.16 ↓ -96%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $46.48 ↓ -96%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $61.55 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $63.86 ↓ -95%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
MERITAIN AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
COVENTRY AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
AETNA EAP AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
WEBTPA AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
AETNA AETNA $64.24 ↓ -95%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $69.25 ↓ -94%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $69.25 ↓ -94%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $69.25 ↓ -94%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $69.25 ↓ -94%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $69.25 ↓ -94%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $69.25 ↓ -94%
UNITY UNITY HMO $69.25 ↓ -94%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $69.25 ↓ -94%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $76.94 ↓ -94%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $76.94 ↓ -94%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $76.94 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $76.94 ↓ -94%

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Foot drp splt w/exp heel lg at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $179.20 $44.57 – $206.08
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $342.66 $36.15 – $91.32
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $275.11 $29.08 – $86.60
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $275.11 $14.91 – $76.94
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $275.11 $29.52 – $77.24
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $275.11 $13.34 – $76.94
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $275.11 $39.60 – $80.42
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $423.24 $12.61 – $77.24

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