MRA without cont, lwr ext at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506
$1,657.50
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.
$2,550.00
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.
$232.44 with MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE vs $1,700.00 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.
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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| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $232.44 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $232.44 | ↓ -86% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $232.44 | ↓ -86% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $234.77 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $237.09 | ↓ -86% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $239.56 | ↓ -86% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $241.93 | ↓ -85% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $308.40 | ↓ -81% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $316.33 | ↓ -81% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $363.12 | ↓ -78% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $389.56 | ↓ -76% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $466.08 | ↓ -72% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $466.08 | ↓ -72% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $606.15 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $606.15 | ↓ -63% |
| PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE | PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES | $606.90 | ↓ -63% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR | $986.00 | ↓ -41% |
| WPS | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES | $1,018.30 | ↓ -39% |
| THE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $1,026.97 | ↓ -38% |
| MHNET | MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES | $1,360.00 | ↓ -18% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $1,399.00 | ↓ -16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $1,411.00 | ↓ -15% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $1,419.50 | ↓ -14% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,530.00 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITY | UNITY HMO | $1,530.00 | ↓ -8% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,530.00 | ↓ -8% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $1,530.00 | ↓ -8% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,530.00 | ↓ -8% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,530.00 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,530.00 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $1,530.00 | ↓ -8% |
| STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH | STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH | $1,700.00 | ↑ +3% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $1,700.00 | ↑ +3% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $1,700.00 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $1,700.00 | ↑ +3% |
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MRA without cont, lwr ext at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $733.60 | $212.53 – $843.64 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,504.53 | $200.36 – $1,216.79 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $733.60 | $230.12 – $240.50 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $2,679.84 | $230.12 – $1,450.46 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $2,842.16 | $1,289.63 – $3,151.24 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $1,504.53 | $227.32 – $1,500.77 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $1,243.34 | $214.07 – $1,010.21 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf | Bettendorf | $4,346.57 | $208.00 – $2,863.30 |