Shoe post-op mens m 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

$42.87

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.

$65.95

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.

$0.56 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $2.90 with CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE — 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 $0.56 ↓ -99%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $0.57 ↓ -99%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $0.57 ↓ -99%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $0.58 ↓ -99%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $1.04 ↓ -98%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $1.06 ↓ -98%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $1.09 ↓ -97%
OSCAR OSCAR $1.10 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1.57 ↓ -96%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $1.57 ↓ -96%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $1.68 ↓ -96%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $1.74 ↓ -96%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $1.74 ↓ -96%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $1.74 ↓ -96%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $1.75 ↓ -96%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $2.32 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $2.41 ↓ -94%
AETNA EAP AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
AETNA AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
COVENTRY AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
MERITAIN AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
WEBTPA AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $2.42 ↓ -94%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2.61 ↓ -94%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2.61 ↓ -94%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2.61 ↓ -94%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2.61 ↓ -94%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2.61 ↓ -94%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2.61 ↓ -94%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $2.61 ↓ -94%
UNITY UNITY HMO $2.61 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $2.90 ↓ -93%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $2.90 ↓ -93%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $2.90 ↓ -93%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $2.90 ↓ -93%

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Shoe post-op mens m at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $23.20 $5.46 – $54.60
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $19.80 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $49.82 $4.59 – $11.60
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $42.87 $1.10 – $3.26
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $42.87 $0.56 – $2.90
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $42.87 $1.11 – $2.90
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $42.87 $0.50 – $2.90
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $42.87 $1.49 – $3.03

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