Tl-201 thallium diag per mci 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

$80.10

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.

$80.10

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.

$28.60 with PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE vs $80.10 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 $28.60 ↓ -64%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $29.32 ↓ -63%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $46.46 ↓ -42%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $47.98 ↓ -40%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $48.39 ↓ -40%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $64.08 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $66.48 ↓ -17%
AETNA EAP AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
AETNA AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
COVENTRY AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
MERITAIN AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
WEBTPA AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $66.88 ↓ -17%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $72.09 ↓ -10%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $72.09 ↓ -10%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $72.09 ↓ -10%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $72.09 ↓ -10%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $72.09 ↓ -10%
UNITY UNITY HMO $72.09 ↓ -10%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $72.09 ↓ -10%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $72.09 ↓ -10%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $80.10 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $80.10 ↑ +0%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $80.10 ↑ +0%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $80.10 ↑ +0%

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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $144.80 $32.92 – $218.43
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $87.00 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $80.10 $31.71 – $80.10
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $80.10 $30.28 – $90.16
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $80.10 $22.67 – $80.10
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $80.10 $30.61 – $80.10
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $80.10 $18.82 – $80.10
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $80.10 $41.23 – $83.72

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