Cold agglutinin titer 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

$54.60

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.

$84.00

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.

$7.81 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $84.00 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 $7.81 ↓ -86%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $7.89 ↓ -86%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.90 ↓ -86%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.90 ↓ -86%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.90 ↓ -86%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $7.92 ↓ -85%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $7.98 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.06 ↓ -85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $8.06 ↓ -85%
SOUTH COUNTRY HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE SOUTH COUNTRY MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.06 ↓ -85%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $8.06 ↓ -85%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $8.14 ↓ -85%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.22 ↓ -85%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $9.91 ↓ -82%
OSCAR OSCAR $10.62 ↓ -81%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $10.72 ↓ -80%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $13.54 ↓ -75%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $16.20 ↓ -70%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $16.20 ↓ -70%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $21.50 ↓ -61%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $21.50 ↓ -61%
MERITAIN AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
WEBTPA AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
AETNA EAP AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
AETNA AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
COVENTRY AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $44.10 ↓ -19%
PREFERRED ONE PREFERRED ONE $54.60 ↑ +0%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $56.20 ↑ +3%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $58.80 ↑ +8%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $58.80 ↑ +8%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $58.80 ↑ +8%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $58.80 ↑ +8%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $58.80 ↑ +8%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $58.80 ↑ +8%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $67.20 ↑ +23%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $75.60 ↑ +38%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $84.00 ↑ +54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $84.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $84.00 ↑ +54%

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Cold agglutinin titer at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $118.80 $8.06 – $8.06
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $54.60 $33.26 – $84.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $65.00 $7.81 – $65.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $42.25 $7.81 – $65.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $84.00 $23.05 – $84.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $54.60 $7.81 – $84.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $132.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $20.40 $11.56 – $24.82

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