Assay of breath ethanol at MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
308 North Maple Ave, New Hampton, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1770651515
$33.80
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.
$52.00
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.
$20.59 with BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE vs $52.00 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.
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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| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $20.59 | ↓ -39% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $20.80 | ↓ -38% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $21.01 | ↓ -38% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $21.22 | ↓ -37% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $21.91 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $22.05 | ↓ -35% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $23.23 | ↓ -31% |
| MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $26.26 | ↓ -22% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $26.26 | ↓ -22% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $27.66 | ↓ -18% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $30.58 | ↓ -10% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $31.20 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $31.20 | ↓ -8% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $34.94 | ↑ +3% |
| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $35.54 | ↑ +5% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $36.06 | ↑ +7% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $36.23 | ↑ +7% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $41.81 | ↑ +24% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $41.81 | ↑ +24% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $49.14 | ↑ +45% |
| FIRST CHOICE HEALTH | FIRST CHOICE | $49.40 | ↑ +46% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS | HEALTH PARTNERS | $49.97 | ↑ +48% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $50.44 | ↑ +49% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $50.44 | ↑ +49% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $50.44 | ↑ +49% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $50.44 | ↑ +49% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $50.44 | ↑ +49% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $50.44 | ↑ +49% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $52.00 | ↑ +54% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $52.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Assay of breath ethanol at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $33.80 | $26.76 – $54.35 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $52.00 | $10.45 – $52.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $125.45 | $30.00 – $193.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $202.15 | $0.04 – $311.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $72.14 | $18.00 – $47.52 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $72.14 | $3.50 – $72.14 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $72.14 | $18.00 – $39.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $72.14 | $18.00 – $42.00 |