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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$322.40

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.

$159.00

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.

$8.63 with WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE vs $159.00 with CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE — 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
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $8.63 ↓ -97%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $9.09 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $62.95 ↓ -80%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $63.60 ↓ -80%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $64.24 ↓ -80%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $67.00 ↓ -79%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $67.42 ↓ -79%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $71.03 ↓ -78%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $80.30 ↓ -75%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $80.30 ↓ -75%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $84.59 ↓ -74%
OSCAR OSCAR $93.49 ↓ -71%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $95.40 ↓ -70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $95.40 ↓ -70%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $106.85 ↓ -67%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $108.66 ↓ -66%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $110.26 ↓ -66%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $110.79 ↓ -66%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $127.84 ↓ -60%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $127.84 ↓ -60%
WEBTPA AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
COVENTRY AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
AETNA AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
MERITAIN AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
AETNA EAP AETNA $150.26 ↓ -53%
FIRST CHOICE HEALTH FIRST CHOICE $151.05 ↓ -53%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $152.80 ↓ -53%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $154.23 ↓ -52%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $154.23 ↓ -52%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $154.23 ↓ -52%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $154.23 ↓ -52%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $154.23 ↓ -52%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $154.23 ↓ -52%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $159.00 ↓ -51%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $68.56 $5.08 – $25.20
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $68.56 $5.08 – $45.16
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $55.20 $8.46 – $8.46
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $448.50 $9.09 – $178.97
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $273.65 $8.20 – $113.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $374.00 $8.37 – $159.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $268.00 $8.20 – $84.49
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $103.35 $81.84 – $166.19

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