Platelet aggregation each agent teg 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

$73.45

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.

$113.00

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.

$24.13 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $113.00 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 $24.13 ↓ -67%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $24.37 ↓ -67%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.41 ↓ -67%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.41 ↓ -67%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.41 ↓ -67%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $24.46 ↓ -67%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.66 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.90 ↓ -66%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $24.91 ↓ -66%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $24.91 ↓ -66%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $25.16 ↓ -66%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $25.41 ↓ -65%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $26.16 ↓ -64%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $33.13 ↓ -55%
OSCAR OSCAR $33.98 ↓ -54%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $39.01 ↓ -47%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $41.36 ↓ -44%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $41.85 ↓ -43%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $50.07 ↓ -32%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $50.07 ↓ -32%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $65.54 ↓ -11%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $67.69 ↓ -8%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $68.26 ↓ -7%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $90.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $93.79 ↑ +28%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
COVENTRY AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
MERITAIN AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
AETNA AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
WEBTPA AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
AETNA EAP AETNA $94.36 ↑ +28%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↑ +38%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↑ +38%
UNITY UNITY HMO $101.70 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $101.70 ↑ +38%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↑ +38%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $101.70 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $113.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $113.00 ↑ +54%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $113.00 ↑ +54%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $113.00 ↑ +54%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $95.72 $10.94 – $95.71
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $216.60 $24.91 – $24.91
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $134.55 $81.95 – $207.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $134.55 $78.25 – $233.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $73.45 $24.13 – $113.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $134.55 $79.12 – $207.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $73.45 $24.13 – $113.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $134.55 $106.54 – $216.36

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