Tympanostomy/ven tube/loc/top anes 69433 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

$508.95

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.

$783.00

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.

$133.63 with MEDICAL ASSOCIATES vs $1,168.44 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.

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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 $133.63 ↓ -74%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $133.63 ↓ -74%
WEBTPA AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
MERITAIN AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
AETNA EAP AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
AETNA AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
COVENTRY AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $274.05 ↓ -46%
PREFERRED ONE PREFERRED ONE $339.30 ↓ -33%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $349.22 ↓ -31%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $365.40 ↓ -28%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $365.40 ↓ -28%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $365.40 ↓ -28%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $365.40 ↓ -28%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $365.40 ↓ -28%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $365.40 ↓ -28%
MHNET MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES $417.60 ↓ -18%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $469.80 ↓ -8%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $521.86 ↑ +3%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $522.00 ↑ +3%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $522.00 ↑ +3%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $522.00 ↑ +3%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $526.97 ↑ +4%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $529.02 ↑ +4%
BLUE CROSS - OK WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS DOMESTIC WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - NY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - CT (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - MS WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
PRE-EMPLOYMENT WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - LA WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - TX WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - SC WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - MI WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - MT WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - RI WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - TN WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - FEDERAL WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - NC WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - IL ALTERNATE WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - PA (CAPITAL) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - AR WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - NM WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - ID WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - VT WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
KAISER DOMESTIC WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE SHIELD - WA (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - IL WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - VA (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - MD (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - ME (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
WC DOMESTIC WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - MN WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - NE WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - OH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - FL WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - PA (INDEPENDENCE) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - WY WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - KY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - DE (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE SHIELD - ID (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - ND WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - KS WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - MO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - AL WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - WA (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK WESTERN WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - NY (EXCELLUS) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - IN (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE SHIELD - PA (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BCN DOMESTIC WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BCBS GENERIC WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - NV (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - CA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - AK (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - WV (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE DISTINCTION TRANSPLANT WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - DC (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - MA WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - WI (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - NH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - CO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - SD (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - OR (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - NJ (HORIZON) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS OF MASSACHUSETTS WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CARE NETWORK WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - AZ WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - HI WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK NORTHEASTERN WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - GA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - VA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - UT (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE SHIELD - CA WELLMARK PPO $551.01 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK HMO $551.01 ↑ +8%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $569.69 ↑ +12%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $569.69 ↑ +12%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $569.69 ↑ +12%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $575.39 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $581.08 ↑ +14%
SOUTH COUNTRY HEALTH ALLIANCE MEDICARE SOUTH COUNTRY MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $581.08 ↑ +14%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $587.13 ↑ +15%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $592.94 ↑ +17%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $715.02 ↑ +40%
OSCAR OSCAR $766.23 ↑ +51%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $773.15 ↑ +52%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $976.61 ↑ +92%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $1,168.44 ↑ +130%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $1,168.44 ↑ +130%

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Tympanostomy/ven tube/loc/top anes 69433 at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $742.20 not published
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $944.00 $30.56 – $1,154.14
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $779.40 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $779.40 $928.00 – $2,679.00
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $2,323.75 $35.95 – $4,604.83
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $966.40 $120.19 – $422.11
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $966.40 $120.19 – $555.68
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $966.40 $120.19 – $506.69

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