Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference 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

$226.20

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.

$348.00

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.

$33.96 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $348.00 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.

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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $33.96 ↓ -85%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $33.96 ↓ -85%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $52.92 ↓ -77%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $53.44 ↓ -76%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $53.65 ↓ -76%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.47 ↓ -75%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $57.47 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $58.04 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $58.62 ↓ -74%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $59.23 ↓ -74%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $59.82 ↓ -74%
WC DOMESTIC WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - MN WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - NE WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - OH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - FL WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - PA (INDEPENDENCE) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - WY WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - KY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - DE (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE SHIELD - ID (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - ND WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - KS WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - MO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - PA (CAPITAL) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - AR WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - NM WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - ID WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - VT WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
KAISER DOMESTIC WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE SHIELD - WA (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - IL WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - VA (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - MD (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - ME (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - FEDERAL WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - NC WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - IL ALTERNATE WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CARE NETWORK WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - AZ WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - HI WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK NORTHEASTERN WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - GA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - VA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - UT (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE SHIELD - CA WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK HMO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - CA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - AK (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - WV (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE DISTINCTION TRANSPLANT WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - DC (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - MA WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - WI (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - NH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - CO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - SD (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - OR (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - NJ (HORIZON) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS OF MASSACHUSETTS WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - AL WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - WA (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK WESTERN WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - NY (EXCELLUS) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - IN (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE SHIELD - PA (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BCN DOMESTIC WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BCBS GENERIC WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - NV (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - OK WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS DOMESTIC WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - NY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - CT (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - MS WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
PRE-EMPLOYMENT WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - LA WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - TX WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - SC WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - MI WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - MT WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - RI WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS - TN WELLMARK PPO $60.27 ↓ -73%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $69.60 ↓ -69%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $77.99 ↓ -66%
OSCAR OSCAR $80.00 ↓ -65%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $91.83 ↓ -59%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $98.52 ↓ -56%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $117.87 ↓ -48%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $117.87 ↓ -48%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $127.37 ↓ -44%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $201.84 ↓ -11%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $208.45 ↓ -8%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $210.23 ↓ -7%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $261.00 ↑ +15%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $278.40 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $288.84 ↑ +28%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $313.20 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $313.20 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $313.20 ↑ +38%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $313.20 ↑ +38%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $313.20 ↑ +38%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $313.20 ↑ +38%
UNITY UNITY HMO $313.20 ↑ +38%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $313.20 ↑ +38%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $348.00 ↑ +54%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $348.00 ↑ +54%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $348.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $348.00 ↑ +54%

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Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $164.99 $16.50 – $164.98
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $81.00 $52.65 – $56.86
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $88.40 $51.41 – $153.08
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $226.20 $33.96 – $348.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $88.40 $51.98 – $136.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $86.45 $26.60 – $133.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $88.40 $70.00 – $142.15
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $348.00 $33.96 – $348.00

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