Bone tendon board add on at MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center

1111 Third St. SW, Dyersville, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1205816725

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Aug 3, 2026

$4,850.45

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.

$7,462.23

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.

$197.04 with HEALTH CHOICES vs $586.73 with CLAIMDOC — 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
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $197.04 ↓ -96%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $288.93 ↓ -94%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $294.82 ↓ -94%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $297.74 ↓ -94%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $303.22 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $309.42 ↓ -94%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $317.03 ↓ -93%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $321.83 ↓ -93%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $361.55 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $364.88 ↓ -92%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $366.86 ↓ -92%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $368.64 ↓ -92%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $388.23 ↓ -92%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
AETNA AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
AETNA EAP AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
COVENTRY AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
MERITAIN AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
WEBTPA AETNA $431.08 ↓ -91%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $469.13 ↓ -90%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $469.13 ↓ -90%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $469.13 ↓ -90%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $469.13 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $469.13 ↓ -90%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $469.13 ↓ -90%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $469.13 ↓ -90%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $469.13 ↓ -90%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $469.13 ↓ -90%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $490.40 ↓ -90%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $521.26 ↓ -89%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $521.26 ↓ -89%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $586.73 ↓ -88%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $586.73 ↓ -88%

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Bone tendon board add on at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $4,850.45 $186.09 – $521.26
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $4,608.50 $257.04 – $649.25
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $4,850.45 $147.52 – $521.26
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $4,850.45 $199.23 – $521.26
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $4,850.45 $122.50 – $521.26
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $4,850.45 $268.29 – $544.82
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $7,462.23 $104.77 – $521.26
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $4,850.45 $104.77 – $521.26

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