C1 esterase inhibitor func - sendout 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

$252.20

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.

$388.00

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.

$11.63 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $118.00 with IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC 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 $11.63 ↓ -95%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $11.74 ↓ -95%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.76 ↓ -95%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.76 ↓ -95%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.76 ↓ -95%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $11.79 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $11.88 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.00 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $12.00 ↓ -95%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $12.00 ↓ -95%
SOUTH COUNTRY HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE SOUTH COUNTRY MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.00 ↓ -95%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $12.12 ↓ -95%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $12.24 ↓ -95%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $14.76 ↓ -94%
OSCAR OSCAR $15.82 ↓ -94%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $15.96 ↓ -94%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $20.16 ↓ -92%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $24.12 ↓ -90%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $24.12 ↓ -90%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $30.21 ↓ -88%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $30.21 ↓ -88%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
AETNA AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
COVENTRY AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
MERITAIN AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
AETNA EAP AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
WEBTPA AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $61.95 ↓ -75%
PREFERRED ONE PREFERRED ONE $76.70 ↓ -70%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $78.94 ↓ -69%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $82.60 ↓ -67%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $82.60 ↓ -67%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $82.60 ↓ -67%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $82.60 ↓ -67%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $82.60 ↓ -67%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $82.60 ↓ -67%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $94.40 ↓ -63%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $106.20 ↓ -58%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $118.00 ↓ -53%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $118.00 ↓ -53%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $118.00 ↓ -53%

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C1 esterase inhibitor func - sendout at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $149.40 $12.00 – $12.00
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $252.20 $11.63 – $228.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $252.20 $11.63 – $388.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $44.20 $11.63 – $68.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $166.80 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $40.80 $23.12 – $49.64
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $252.20 $11.63 – $388.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $48.57 $7.20 – $31.99

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