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Removal foreign body foot subcutaneous right 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

$11,876.80

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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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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.

$635.30 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $1,414.91 with NOVA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $635.30 ↓ -95%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $641.52 ↓ -95%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $644.02 ↓ -95%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $689.86 ↓ -94%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $689.86 ↓ -94%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $689.86 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $696.76 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $703.65 ↓ -94%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $710.98 ↓ -94%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $718.02 ↓ -94%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $936.24 ↓ -92%
OSCAR OSCAR $960.31 ↓ -92%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $1,102.36 ↓ -91%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $1,182.61 ↓ -90%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $1,414.91 ↓ -88%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $1,414.91 ↓ -88%

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Removal foreign body foot subcutaneous right at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,256.00 $121.43 – $618.62
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $460.20 not published
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $3,868.15 $30.44 – $3,967.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $815.10 $136.48 – $836.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $12,455.55 $9.09 – $1,374.78
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $990.00 $181.10 – $660.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $2,333.00 $30.44 – $2,138.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $483.00 not published

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