Protein total serum plasma whole blood at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1659348506
$41.60
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.
$64.00
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.
$3.56 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $64.00 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 | $3.56 | ↓ -91% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $3.59 | ↓ -91% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.60 | ↓ -91% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.60 | ↓ -91% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.60 | ↓ -91% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $3.61 | ↓ -91% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.63 | ↓ -91% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3.67 | ↓ -91% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.67 | ↓ -91% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3.67 | ↓ -91% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $3.71 | ↓ -91% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.74 | ↓ -91% |
| PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE | PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES | $3.85 | ↓ -91% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $4.88 | ↓ -88% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $5.01 | ↓ -88% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $5.75 | ↓ -86% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $6.17 | ↓ -85% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $7.38 | ↓ -82% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $7.38 | ↓ -82% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $23.42 | ↓ -44% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR | $37.12 | ↓ -11% |
| WPS | WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES | $38.34 | ↓ -8% |
| THE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $38.66 | ↓ -7% |
| MHNET | MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES | $51.20 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $53.12 | ↑ +28% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $57.60 | ↑ +38% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $57.60 | ↑ +38% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $57.60 | ↑ +38% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $57.60 | ↑ +38% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $57.60 | ↑ +38% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $57.60 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITY | UNITY HMO | $57.60 | ↑ +38% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $57.60 | ↑ +38% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $64.00 | ↑ +54% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $64.00 | ↑ +54% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $64.00 | ↑ +54% |
| STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH | STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH | $64.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Protein total serum plasma whole blood at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $33.57 | $2.20 – $33.57 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $69.60 | $3.67 – $3.67 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $55.25 | $32.13 – $95.68 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $55.25 | $32.49 – $85.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $31.85 | $3.56 – $49.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $140.00 | $3.56 – $140.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $73.20 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $73.20 | $6.46 – $13.87 |