Splint rstrc wrst/cmc right med 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

$101.18

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.

$155.66

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.

$9.37 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $48.35 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
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $9.37 ↓ -91%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $9.46 ↓ -91%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $9.50 ↓ -91%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $9.67 ↓ -90%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $17.26 ↓ -83%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $17.70 ↓ -83%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $18.18 ↓ -82%
OSCAR OSCAR $18.37 ↓ -82%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $26.11 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $26.11 ↓ -74%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $28.04 ↓ -72%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $28.96 ↓ -71%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $29.01 ↓ -71%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $29.01 ↓ -71%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $29.21 ↓ -71%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $38.68 ↓ -62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $40.13 ↓ -60%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
MERITAIN AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
COVENTRY AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
AETNA EAP AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
WEBTPA AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
AETNA AETNA $40.37 ↓ -60%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $43.52 ↓ -57%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $43.52 ↓ -57%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $43.52 ↓ -57%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $43.52 ↓ -57%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $43.52 ↓ -57%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $43.52 ↓ -57%
UNITY UNITY HMO $43.52 ↓ -57%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $43.52 ↓ -57%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $48.35 ↓ -52%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $48.35 ↓ -52%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $48.35 ↓ -52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $48.35 ↓ -52%

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Splint rstrc wrst/cmc right med at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $196.00 $48.85 – $225.40
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $15.60 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $120.09 $15.31 – $38.68
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $101.18 $18.28 – $54.42
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $101.18 $9.37 – $48.35
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $101.18 $18.48 – $48.35
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $101.18 $8.38 – $48.35
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $101.18 $24.89 – $50.54

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