Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at MercyOne Newton Medical Center

204 N. 4th Ave E, Newton, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1003296179

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

$1,943.50

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.

$2,990.00

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.

$742.03 with MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS vs $2,990.00 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
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $742.03 ↓ -62%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $742.03 ↓ -62%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $742.03 ↓ -62%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $749.45 ↓ -61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $756.87 ↓ -61%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $764.74 ↓ -61%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $772.31 ↓ -60%
BLUE CROSS - VA (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - MD (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - ME (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - MN WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - NE WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - OH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - FL WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - PA (INDEPENDENCE) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - WY WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - KY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - DE (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - PA (CAPITAL) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - AR WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - NM WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - ID WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - VT WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE SHIELD - WA (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - IL WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - NV (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - OK WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - NY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - CT (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - MS WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - LA WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - TX WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - SC WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - MI WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - MT WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - RI WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - TN WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - FEDERAL WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - NC WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - IL ALTERNATE WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CARE NETWORK WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - AZ WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - HI WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK NORTHEASTERN WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - GA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - VA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - UT (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE SHIELD - CA WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK HMO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - CA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - AK (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - WV (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE DISTINCTION TRANSPLANT WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - DC (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - MA WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - WI (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - NH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - CO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - SD (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - OR (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - NJ (HORIZON) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS OF MASSACHUSETTS WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE SHIELD - ID (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - ND WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - KS WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - MO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - AL WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - WA (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK WESTERN WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - NY (EXCELLUS) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE CROSS - IN (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BLUE SHIELD - PA (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
BCBS GENERIC WELLMARK PPO $800.90 ↓ -59%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $904.09 ↓ -53%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $912.95 ↓ -53%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $916.50 ↓ -53%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $1,007.04 ↓ -48%
OSCAR OSCAR $1,075.94 ↓ -45%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $1,092.60 ↓ -44%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $1,272.05 ↓ -35%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $1,521.91 ↓ -22%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $1,521.91 ↓ -22%
NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY $1,943.50 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $2,158.78 ↑ +11%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $2,158.78 ↑ +11%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $2,257.45 ↑ +16%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $2,257.45 ↑ +16%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $2,637.18 ↑ +36%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2,750.80 ↑ +42%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2,750.80 ↑ +42%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2,750.80 ↑ +42%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2,750.80 ↑ +42%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2,750.80 ↑ +42%
HEALTH ALLIANCE HEALTHALLIANCE MIDWEST PPO $2,750.80 ↑ +42%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $2,750.80 ↑ +42%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
COVENTRY AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
MERITAIN AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
WEBTPA AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
AETNA AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $2,801.63 ↑ +44%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $2,990.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $2,990.00 ↑ +54%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,512.60 $756.26 – $1,058.77
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $2,200.25 $505.00 – $3,385.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,943.50 $1,183.74 – $2,990.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,651.65 $653.00 – $2,541.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $1,943.50 $1,142.78 – $2,990.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $698.10 $252.39 – $1,852.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $3,587.00 $530.00 – $3,587.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,124.85 $530.00 – $3,269.00

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