Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral 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

$57.20

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$88.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$20.96 with MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE vs $59.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.96 ↓ -63%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.96 ↓ -63%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.96 ↓ -63%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $21.06 ↓ -63%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.17 ↓ -63%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.38 ↓ -63%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $21.59 ↓ -62%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $21.60 ↓ -62%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.82 ↓ -62%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $28.45 ↓ -50%
OSCAR OSCAR $29.18 ↓ -49%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $33.50 ↓ -41%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $34.22 ↓ -40%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $35.34 ↓ -38%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $35.64 ↓ -38%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $35.94 ↓ -37%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $42.99 ↓ -25%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $42.99 ↓ -25%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $47.20 ↓ -17%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $47.61 ↓ -17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $48.97 ↓ -14%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
AETNA AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
COVENTRY AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
MERITAIN AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
WEBTPA AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
AETNA EAP AETNA $49.27 ↓ -14%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $51.08 ↓ -11%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $51.58 ↓ -10%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $51.78 ↓ -9%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $52.61 ↓ -8%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $53.10 ↓ -7%
UNITY UNITY HMO $53.10 ↓ -7%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $53.10 ↓ -7%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $53.10 ↓ -7%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $53.10 ↓ -7%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $53.10 ↓ -7%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $53.10 ↓ -7%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $53.10 ↓ -7%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $54.90 ↓ -4%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $54.90 ↓ -4%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $59.00 ↑ +3%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $59.00 ↑ +3%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $96.80 $10.46 – $44.40
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $23.40 $65.52 – $65.52
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $78.00 $31.67 – $80.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $78.00 $30.24 – $90.05
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $58.50 $17.26 – $61.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $78.00 $30.58 – $80.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $85.80 $20.68 – $204.43
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $78.00 $41.18 – $83.62

All Iowa hospitals for this procedure →