Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
1111 Third St. SW, Dyersville, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1205816725
$20.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$20.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$4.35 with HEALTH CHOICES vs $12.94 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $4.35 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.37 | ↓ -68% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $6.50 | ↓ -68% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.57 | ↓ -67% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.69 | ↓ -67% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $6.83 | ↓ -66% |
| THE ALLIANCE | THE ALLIANCE | $6.99 | ↓ -65% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $7.10 | ↓ -65% |
| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $7.98 | ↓ -60% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $8.05 | ↓ -60% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $8.09 | ↓ -60% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $8.13 | ↓ -59% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $8.57 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $9.51 | ↓ -52% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $10.35 | ↓ -48% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $10.35 | ↓ -48% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $10.35 | ↓ -48% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $10.35 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $10.35 | ↓ -48% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $10.35 | ↓ -48% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $10.35 | ↓ -48% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $10.35 | ↓ -48% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $10.35 | ↓ -48% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $10.82 | ↓ -46% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $11.50 | ↓ -43% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $11.50 | ↓ -43% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $12.94 | ↓ -35% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $12.94 | ↓ -35% |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $34.50 | $6.93 – $17.50 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $34.50 | $3.89 – $13.75 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $34.50 | $5.26 – $13.75 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $34.50 | $3.23 – $13.75 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $17.50 | $7.08 – $14.37 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $33.00 | $2.76 – $13.75 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $33.00 | $3.27 – $16.25 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $43.00 | $4.46 – $16.25 |