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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center

308 North Maple Ave, New Hampton, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1770651515

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Aug 3, 2026

$341.25

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.

$525.00

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.

$10.28 with AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE vs $54.00 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
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $10.28 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.38 ↓ -94%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $21.82 ↓ -94%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.03 ↓ -94%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.76 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $22.90 ↓ -93%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $24.12 ↓ -93%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $27.27 ↓ -92%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $27.27 ↓ -92%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $28.73 ↓ -92%
OSCAR OSCAR $31.75 ↓ -91%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $36.29 ↓ -89%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $36.90 ↓ -89%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $37.37 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $37.37 ↓ -89%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $37.45 ↓ -89%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $37.63 ↓ -89%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $43.42 ↓ -87%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $43.42 ↓ -87%
WEBTPA AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
COVENTRY AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
AETNA AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
MERITAIN AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
AETNA EAP AETNA $51.03 ↓ -85%
FIRST CHOICE HEALTH FIRST CHOICE $51.30 ↓ -85%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $51.89 ↓ -85%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.38 ↓ -85%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.38 ↓ -85%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.38 ↓ -85%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.38 ↓ -85%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.38 ↓ -85%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $52.38 ↓ -85%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $54.00 ↓ -84%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $54.00 ↓ -84%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $351.86 $10.30 – $35.89
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $156.92 $10.30 – $35.89
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $202.80 $43.55 – $84.28
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $253.50 $5.86 – $636.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $341.25 $20.41 – $60.78
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $273.00 $5.86 – $1,453.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $341.25 $11.82 – $54.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $420.00 $5.92 – $1,458.00

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