Dch validity tests at MercyOne Newton Medical Center
204 N. 4th Ave E, Newton, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1003296179
$27.95
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.
$43.00
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.
$3.38 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $43.00 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.
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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| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $3.38 | ↓ -88% |
| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.41 | ↓ -88% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.41 | ↓ -88% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $3.41 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.41 | ↓ -88% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $3.42 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.44 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.48 | ↓ -88% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $3.48 | ↓ -88% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $3.51 | ↓ -87% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $3.55 | ↓ -87% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $4.63 | ↓ -83% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $4.95 | ↓ -82% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $5.02 | ↓ -82% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $5.85 | ↓ -79% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $6.99 | ↓ -75% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $6.99 | ↓ -75% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $24.51 | ↓ -12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $24.51 | ↓ -12% |
| NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY | NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY | $27.95 | ↑ +0% |
| MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $32.47 | ↑ +16% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $32.47 | ↑ +16% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS | HEALTH PARTNERS | $37.93 | ↑ +36% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $39.56 | ↑ +42% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $39.56 | ↑ +42% |
| HEALTH ALLIANCE | HEALTHALLIANCE MIDWEST PPO | $39.56 | ↑ +42% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $39.56 | ↑ +42% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $39.56 | ↑ +42% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $39.56 | ↑ +42% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $39.56 | ↑ +42% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $40.29 | ↑ +44% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $43.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Dch validity tests at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $18.60 | $3.48 – $3.48 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $9.12 | $2.58 – $8.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $13.65 | $2.78 – $21.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $19.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $12.00 | $3.06 – $6.57 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $97.50 | $2.78 – $106.50 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $25.72 | $3.48 – $16.94 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $25.72 | $2.94 – $25.71 |