Kidney imag w/bld flow multi 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

$1,285.70

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.

$1,978.00

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.

$487.13 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $1,978.00 with STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH — 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 $487.13 ↓ -62%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $491.90 ↓ -62%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $493.81 ↓ -62%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $528.96 ↓ -59%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $528.96 ↓ -59%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $528.96 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $534.25 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $539.54 ↓ -58%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $545.15 ↓ -58%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $550.55 ↓ -57%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $706.15 ↓ -45%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $717.87 ↓ -44%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $723.95 ↓ -44%
OSCAR OSCAR $736.33 ↓ -43%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $845.25 ↓ -34%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $906.78 ↓ -29%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $1,084.90 ↓ -16%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $1,084.90 ↓ -16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1,135.13 ↓ -12%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $1,135.13 ↓ -12%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $1,147.24 ↓ -11%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $1,184.82 ↓ -8%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $1,194.91 ↓ -7%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $1,582.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $1,641.74 ↑ +28%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
COVENTRY AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
MERITAIN AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
AETNA AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
WEBTPA AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
AETNA EAP AETNA $1,651.63 ↑ +28%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,780.20 ↑ +38%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,780.20 ↑ +38%
UNITY UNITY HMO $1,780.20 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $1,780.20 ↑ +38%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,780.20 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,780.20 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,780.20 ↑ +38%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,780.20 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $1,978.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $1,978.00 ↑ +54%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $1,978.00 ↑ +54%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $1,978.00 ↑ +54%

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Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,198.36 $59.93 – $1,198.36
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $639.60 $515.24 – $692.90
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $699.00 $515.24 – $721.34
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $1,751.99 $59.93 – $1,154.12
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $797.60 $59.93 – $535.56
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $797.60 $59.93 – $518.60
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $797.60 $59.93 – $134.76
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown $1,751.99 $59.93 – $1,051.19

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