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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$448.50

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.

$159.00

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.

$9.09 with IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH vs $178.97 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
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $9.09 ↓ -98%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $60.10 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $88.13 ↓ -80%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $89.93 ↓ -80%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $90.82 ↓ -80%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $92.49 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $94.38 ↓ -79%
THE ALLIANCE THE ALLIANCE $96.70 ↓ -78%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.17 ↓ -78%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $110.28 ↓ -75%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $111.30 ↓ -75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $111.30 ↓ -75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $111.30 ↓ -75%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $111.90 ↓ -75%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $112.44 ↓ -75%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $118.42 ↓ -74%
WEBTPA AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
COVENTRY AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
AETNA AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
MERITAIN AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
AETNA EAP AETNA $131.49 ↓ -71%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.10 ↓ -68%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.10 ↓ -68%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.10 ↓ -68%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.10 ↓ -68%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.10 ↓ -68%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.10 ↓ -68%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $143.10 ↓ -68%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $149.59 ↓ -67%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $159.00 ↓ -65%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $178.97 ↓ -60%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $178.97 ↓ -60%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $68.56 $5.08 – $25.20
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $68.56 $5.08 – $45.16
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $55.20 $8.46 – $8.46
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $322.40 $8.63 – $159.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $273.65 $8.20 – $113.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $374.00 $8.37 – $159.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $268.00 $8.20 – $84.49
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $103.35 $81.84 – $166.19

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