Tc-99m maa 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

$760.95

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.

$760.95

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.

$271.66 with PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE vs $760.95 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
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $271.66 ↓ -64%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $278.51 ↓ -63%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $441.35 ↓ -42%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $455.81 ↓ -40%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $459.69 ↓ -40%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $608.76 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $631.59 ↓ -17%
AETNA EAP AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
AETNA AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
COVENTRY AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
MERITAIN AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
WEBTPA AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $635.39 ↓ -17%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $684.86 ↓ -10%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $684.86 ↓ -10%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $684.86 ↓ -10%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $684.86 ↓ -10%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $684.86 ↓ -10%
UNITY UNITY HMO $684.86 ↓ -10%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $684.86 ↓ -10%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $684.86 ↓ -10%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $760.95 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $760.95 ↑ +0%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $760.95 ↑ +0%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $760.95 ↑ +0%

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Tc-99m maa at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $83.92 $30.00 – $83.92
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $187.20 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $760.95 $301.26 – $760.95
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $760.95 $287.64 – $856.53
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $760.95 $215.35 – $760.95
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $760.95 $290.84 – $760.95
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $760.95 $178.82 – $760.95
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $760.95 $391.66 – $795.34

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