Warde growth hormone (hgh) 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

$209.30

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.

$322.00

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.

$16.16 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $211.00 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 $16.16 ↓ -92%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $16.32 ↓ -92%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.34 ↓ -92%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.34 ↓ -92%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.34 ↓ -92%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $16.38 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.50 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $16.66 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $16.67 ↓ -92%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $16.67 ↓ -92%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $16.84 ↓ -92%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $17.00 ↓ -92%
PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICE PREFERRED HEALTH CHOICES $17.50 ↓ -92%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $22.17 ↓ -89%
OSCAR OSCAR $22.74 ↓ -89%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $26.11 ↓ -88%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $28.01 ↓ -87%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $33.51 ↓ -84%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $33.51 ↓ -84%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $77.23 ↓ -63%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE EAGLE WINDOW AND DOOR $122.38 ↓ -42%
WPS WISCONSIN PHYSICIAN SERVICES $126.39 ↓ -40%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $127.47 ↓ -39%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $168.80 ↓ -19%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $175.13 ↓ -16%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
COVENTRY AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
MERITAIN AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
AETNA AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
WEBTPA AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
AETNA EAP AETNA $176.19 ↓ -16%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $189.90 ↓ -9%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $189.90 ↓ -9%
UNITY UNITY HMO $189.90 ↓ -9%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $189.90 ↓ -9%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $189.90 ↓ -9%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $189.90 ↓ -9%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $189.90 ↓ -9%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $189.90 ↓ -9%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $211.00 ↑ +1%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $211.00 ↑ +1%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $211.00 ↑ +1%
STEPHENSON CTY HEALTH STEPHENSON COUNTY HEALTH $211.00 ↑ +1%

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Warde growth hormone (hgh) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $55.00 $3.50 – $55.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $99.60 $16.67 – $16.67
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $117.65 $71.66 – $181.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $117.65 $68.42 – $203.73
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $137.15 $16.16 – $211.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $154.05 $16.16 – $237.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $117.65 $93.16 – $189.18
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $176.00 $16.16 – $176.00

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