Theophylline therapeutic drug level 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

$227.50

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.

$350.00

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.

$13.70 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $350.00 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.

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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 $13.70 ↓ -94%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $13.83 ↓ -94%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.86 ↓ -94%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.86 ↓ -94%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $13.86 ↓ -94%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $13.89 ↓ -94%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.00 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.13 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $14.14 ↓ -94%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $14.14 ↓ -94%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $14.28 ↓ -94%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $14.42 ↓ -94%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $14.85 ↓ -93%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $18.81 ↓ -92%
OSCAR OSCAR $19.29 ↓ -92%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $22.14 ↓ -90%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $23.76 ↓ -90%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $28.42 ↓ -88%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $28.42 ↓ -88%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $128.10 ↓ -44%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $203.00 ↓ -11%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $209.65 ↓ -8%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $211.44 ↓ -7%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $280.00 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $290.50 ↑ +28%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
COVENTRY AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
MERITAIN AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
AETNA AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
WEBTPA AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
AETNA EAP AETNA $292.25 ↑ +28%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $315.00 ↑ +38%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $315.00 ↑ +38%
UNITY UNITY HMO $315.00 ↑ +38%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $315.00 ↑ +38%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $315.00 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $315.00 ↑ +38%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $315.00 ↑ +38%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $315.00 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $350.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $350.00 ↑ +54%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $350.00 ↑ +54%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $350.00 ↑ +54%

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Theophylline therapeutic drug level at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $66.43 $3.50 – $66.42
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $121.80 $14.14 – $14.14
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $117.00 $71.26 – $180.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $117.00 $68.04 – $202.61
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $123.50 $13.70 – $190.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $117.00 $68.80 – $180.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $72.15 $13.70 – $111.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $117.00 $92.65 – $188.14

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