Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506
$1,810.25
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.
$2,785.00
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.
$487.13 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $2,785.00 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.
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 | $487.13 | ↓ -73% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $491.90 | ↓ -73% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $493.81 | ↓ -73% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $528.96 | ↓ -71% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $528.96 | ↓ -71% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $528.96 | ↓ -71% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $534.25 | ↓ -70% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $539.54 | ↓ -70% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $545.15 | ↓ -70% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $550.55 | ↓ -70% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $717.87 | ↓ -60% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $736.33 | ↓ -59% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $845.25 | ↓ -53% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $906.78 | ↓ -50% |
| PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE | PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES | $994.25 | ↓ -45% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $1,019.31 | ↓ -44% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $1,084.90 | ↓ -40% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $1,084.90 | ↓ -40% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,135.13 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,135.13 | ↓ -37% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR | $1,615.30 | ↓ -11% |
| WPS | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES | $1,668.22 | ↓ -8% |
| THE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $1,682.42 | ↓ -7% |
| MHNET | MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES | $2,228.00 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $2,311.55 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $2,325.48 | ↑ +28% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $2,506.50 | ↑ +38% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $2,506.50 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITY | UNITY HMO | $2,506.50 | ↑ +38% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $2,506.50 | ↑ +38% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $2,506.50 | ↑ +38% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $2,506.50 | ↑ +38% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $2,506.50 | ↑ +38% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $2,506.50 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $2,785.00 | ↑ +54% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $2,785.00 | ↑ +54% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $2,785.00 | ↑ +54% |
| STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH | STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH | $2,785.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $1,272.16 | $51.07 – $1,272.15 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $994.80 | $515.24 – $721.34 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $1,698.45 | $500.00 – $2,613.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $5,041.00 | $462.50 – $2,301.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,763.45 | $525.38 – $2,713.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,086.60 | $515.24 – $721.34 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,703.40 | $51.07 – $1,122.11 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $1,287.84 | $51.07 – $648.75 |