Bur rotalink 2.15mm at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center

1000 4th St. SW, Mason City, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1467537886

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

$4,734.14

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.

$7,283.30

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.

$60.82 with HEALTH CHOICES vs $237.59 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 $60.82 ↓ -99%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $60.82 ↓ -99%
AETNA EAP AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
COVENTRY AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
MERITAIN AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
WEBTPA AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $124.73 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $142.55 ↓ -97%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $142.55 ↓ -97%
PREFERRED ONE PREFERRED ONE $154.43 ↓ -97%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $158.95 ↓ -97%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $166.31 ↓ -96%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $166.31 ↓ -96%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $166.31 ↓ -96%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $166.31 ↓ -96%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $166.31 ↓ -96%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $166.31 ↓ -96%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $190.07 ↓ -96%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $213.83 ↓ -95%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $237.59 ↓ -95%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $237.59 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $237.59 ↓ -95%

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Bur rotalink 2.15mm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $8,539.20 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $4,849.42 $81.40 – $228.01
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $4,607.52 $93.75 – $236.81
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $4,849.42 $86.19 – $256.65
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $4,849.42 $64.53 – $228.01
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $4,849.42 $87.13 – $227.98
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $4,849.42 $53.58 – $228.01
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $4,849.42 $117.36 – $238.32

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