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Knee Arthroscopy (Meniscus Repair) at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506
$20,569.25
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.
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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.
$1.92 with IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH vs $6,537.75 with CLAIMDOC — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $1.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - WY | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - MI | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - PA (INDEPENDENCE) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - IL ALTERNATE | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - AK (PREMERA) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - CO (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE SHIELD - WA (REGENCE) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK WESTERN | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - OK | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE SHIELD - PA (HIGHMARK) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - VT | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BCN DOMESTIC | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - VA (CAREFIRST) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - TX | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - NH (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - KY (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - FEDERAL | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - WA (PREMERA) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - AZ | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - RI | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| PRE-EMPLOYMENT | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - NC | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - OR (REGENCE) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - SC | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CARE NETWORK | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - VA (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - WI (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) | WELLMARK HMO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - DC (CAREFIRST) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK NORTHEASTERN | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - MT | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - KS | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - NY (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ID (REGENCE) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - UT (REGENCE) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - ME (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - FL | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - GA (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - LA | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - NY (EXCELLUS) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - SD (WELLMARK) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - MD (CAREFIRST) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS DOMESTIC | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| WC DOMESTIC | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - CT (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - WV (HIGHMARK) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE SHIELD - CA | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - DE (HIGHMARK) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - IL | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - TN | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - AR | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - NE | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - NV (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - OH (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - MS | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - PA (CAPITAL) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE DISTINCTION TRANSPLANT | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - IN (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - MO (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - MA | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - CA (ANTHEM) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - AL | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - ND | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| KAISER DOMESTIC | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS GENERIC | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - MN | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS OF MASSACHUSETTS | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - HI | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - ID | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - NJ (HORIZON) | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| BLUE CROSS - NM | WELLMARK PPO | $4.92 | ↓ -100% |
| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $2,935.47 | ↓ -86% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $2,964.25 | ↓ -86% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $2,975.76 | ↓ -86% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,187.56 | ↓ -85% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,187.56 | ↓ -85% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,187.56 | ↓ -85% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,219.44 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,251.31 | ↓ -84% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $3,285.14 | ↓ -84% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3,317.66 | ↓ -84% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $4,325.97 | ↓ -79% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $4,437.21 | ↓ -78% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $5,093.59 | ↓ -75% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $5,464.39 | ↓ -73% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $6,537.75 | ↓ -68% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $6,537.75 | ↓ -68% |
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Knee Arthroscopy (Meniscus Repair) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $2,659.20 | $490.70 – $2,852.76 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $2,440.00 | $25.36 – $195.20 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $5,597.25 | $2,934.80 – $5,759.97 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $2,659.20 | $432.12 – $2,873.50 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $31,778.88 | $0.96 – $6,322.47 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $13,026.95 | $1.92 – $6,352.30 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital | Cedar Rapids | $2,659.20 | $490.70 – $2,853.85 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $755.40 | not published |