Prosthesis voc lopres 20f 22mm 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

$462.69

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.

$711.83

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.

$15.55 with MEDICAL ASSOCIATES vs $60.73 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 $15.55 ↓ -97%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $15.55 ↓ -97%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
AETNA EAP AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
AETNA AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
COVENTRY AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
MERITAIN AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
WEBTPA AETNA $31.88 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $36.44 ↓ -92%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $36.44 ↓ -92%
PREFERRED ONE PREFERRED ONE $39.47 ↓ -91%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $40.63 ↓ -91%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $42.51 ↓ -91%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $42.51 ↓ -91%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $42.51 ↓ -91%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $42.51 ↓ -91%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $42.51 ↓ -91%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $42.51 ↓ -91%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $48.58 ↓ -90%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $54.66 ↓ -88%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $60.73 ↓ -87%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $60.73 ↓ -87%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $60.73 ↓ -87%

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Prosthesis voc lopres 20f 22mm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $78.60 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $462.69 $21.68 – $60.73
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $576.30 $28.54 – $72.08
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $462.69 $22.96 – $68.36
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $462.69 $17.19 – $60.73
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $462.69 $23.21 – $60.73
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $462.69 $14.27 – $60.73
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $462.69 $31.26 – $63.47

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