Drug test def 1-7 classes at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center
1000 4th St. SW, Mason City, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1467537886
$950.00
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.
not published by hospital
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.
$9.09 with IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH vs $230.00 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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| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $9.09 | ↓ -99% |
| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $110.88 | ↓ -88% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $111.97 | ↓ -88% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $112.14 | ↓ -88% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $112.14 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $112.14 | ↓ -88% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $112.41 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $113.26 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $114.38 | ↓ -88% |
| SOUTH COUNTRY HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE | SOUTH COUNTRY MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $114.38 | ↓ -88% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $114.43 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $114.43 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $115.57 | ↓ -88% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $116.72 | ↓ -88% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $140.75 | ↓ -85% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $150.83 | ↓ -84% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $152.19 | ↓ -84% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $192.24 | ↓ -80% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $230.00 | ↓ -76% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $230.00 | ↓ -76% |
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Drug test def 1-7 classes at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $223.00 | $112.14 – $121.30 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $229.60 | $68.66 – $143.44 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $229.60 | $3.50 – $154.48 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $229.60 | $49.94 – $120.15 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $229.60 | $41.40 – $143.44 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $229.60 | $62.86 – $140.17 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $229.60 | $55.31 – $126.11 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $229.60 | $41.09 – $143.44 |