Urinalysis (without microscopy) 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

$354.25

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.

$27.00

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.

$2.18 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $27.00 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
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $2.18 ↓ -99%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $2.20 ↓ -99%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.21 ↓ -99%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $2.21 ↓ -99%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.21 ↓ -99%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.21 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.23 ↓ -99%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $2.25 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.25 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $2.25 ↓ -99%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $2.27 ↓ -99%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2.30 ↓ -99%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $2.36 ↓ -99%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $2.99 ↓ -99%
OSCAR OSCAR $3.07 ↓ -99%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $3.52 ↓ -99%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $3.78 ↓ -99%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $4.52 ↓ -99%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $4.52 ↓ -99%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $9.09 ↓ -97%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $9.88 ↓ -97%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $15.66 ↓ -96%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $16.17 ↓ -95%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $16.31 ↓ -95%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $21.60 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $22.41 ↓ -94%
COVENTRY AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
MERITAIN AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
AETNA AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
WEBTPA AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
AETNA EAP AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $22.55 ↓ -94%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.30 ↓ -93%
UNITY UNITY HMO $24.30 ↓ -93%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.30 ↓ -93%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $24.30 ↓ -93%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.30 ↓ -93%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.30 ↓ -93%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.30 ↓ -93%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $24.30 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $27.00 ↓ -92%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $27.00 ↓ -92%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $27.00 ↓ -92%

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Urinalysis (without microscopy) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $25.72 $2.25 – $25.71
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $200.40 $2.25 – $2.25
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $39.65 $24.15 – $61.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $39.65 $23.06 – $68.66
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $46.15 $2.18 – $71.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $21.00 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $21.00 $9.86 – $10.95
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $25.72 $2.25 – $16.94

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