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Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) 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

$598.00

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.

$920.00

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.

$364.23 with BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE vs $920.00 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
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $364.23 ↓ -39%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $368.00 ↓ -38%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $371.68 ↓ -38%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $375.36 ↓ -37%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $387.69 ↓ -35%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $390.08 ↓ -35%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $410.96 ↓ -31%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $464.60 ↓ -22%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $464.60 ↓ -22%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $489.44 ↓ -18%
OSCAR OSCAR $540.96 ↓ -10%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $552.00 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $552.00 ↓ -8%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $618.24 ↑ +3%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $628.73 ↑ +5%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $637.97 ↑ +7%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $641.06 ↑ +7%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $739.68 ↑ +24%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $739.68 ↑ +24%
WEBTPA AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
COVENTRY AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
AETNA AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
MERITAIN AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
AETNA EAP AETNA $869.40 ↑ +45%
FIRST CHOICE HEALTH FIRST CHOICE $874.00 ↑ +46%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $884.12 ↑ +48%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $892.40 ↑ +49%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $892.40 ↑ +49%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $892.40 ↑ +49%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $892.40 ↑ +49%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $892.40 ↑ +49%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $892.40 ↑ +49%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $920.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $920.00 ↑ +54%

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Pelvic Ultrasound (complete) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $906.31 $30.15 – $333.07
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $746.58 $30.15 – $491.81
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $390.60 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $742.30 $93.79 – $1,142.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $795.60 $96.27 – $1,224.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $598.00 $351.62 – $920.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $874.90 $98.49 – $1,346.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $598.00 $473.52 – $961.58

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