Cath infuse micro 150cm rapidtransit 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

$1,380.83

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.

$2,124.36

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.

$17.89 with MEDICAL ASSOCIATES vs $69.90 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
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $17.89 ↓ -99%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $17.89 ↓ -99%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
AETNA EAP AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
COVENTRY AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
MERITAIN AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
WEBTPA AETNA $36.70 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $41.94 ↓ -97%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $41.94 ↓ -97%
PREFERRED ONE PREFERRED ONE $45.44 ↓ -97%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $46.76 ↓ -97%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $48.93 ↓ -96%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $48.93 ↓ -96%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $48.93 ↓ -96%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $48.93 ↓ -96%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $48.93 ↓ -96%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $48.93 ↓ -96%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $55.92 ↓ -96%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $62.91 ↓ -95%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $69.90 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $69.90 ↓ -95%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $69.90 ↓ -95%

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Cath infuse micro 150cm rapidtransit at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $15.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $16.20 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $16.20 $19.71 – $2,679.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $5.60 $1.27 – $3.21
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $5.60 $1.27 – $6.44
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $5.60 $1.27 – $3.21
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $5.60 $1.27 – $3.21
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa $5.60 $1.27 – $3.21

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