Fresh frozen plasma 8-24 hours collection each unit 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

$337.35

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.

$519.00

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.

$72.29 with MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS vs $519.00 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 $72.29 ↓ -79%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $72.29 ↓ -79%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $72.29 ↓ -79%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.02 ↓ -78%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.74 ↓ -78%
BLUE SHIELD - WA (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - IL WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - VA (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - MD (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - ME (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - MN WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - NE WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - OH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - FL WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - ND WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - AR WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - NM WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - ID WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - VT WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE SHIELD - PA (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BCBS GENERIC WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - NV (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - OK WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - NY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - CT (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - MS WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - LA WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - TX WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - SC WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - MI WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - MT WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - RI WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - TN WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - FEDERAL WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - NC WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - IL ALTERNATE WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CARE NETWORK WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - AZ WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - HI WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK NORTHEASTERN WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - GA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - VA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - UT (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE SHIELD - CA WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK HMO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - CA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - AK (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - WV (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE DISTINCTION TRANSPLANT WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - DC (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - MA WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - WI (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - NH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - CO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - SD (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - OR (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - NJ (HORIZON) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - PA (CAPITAL) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - PA (INDEPENDENCE) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - WY WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - KY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - DE (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE SHIELD - ID (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS OF MASSACHUSETTS WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - KS WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - MO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - AL WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - WA (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK WESTERN WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - NY (EXCELLUS) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
BLUE CROSS - IN (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $73.77 ↓ -78%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $74.51 ↓ -78%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $75.25 ↓ -78%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $83.28 ↓ -75%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $84.09 ↓ -75%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $84.42 ↓ -75%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $98.11 ↓ -71%
OSCAR OSCAR $104.83 ↓ -69%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $106.45 ↓ -68%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $123.93 ↓ -63%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $148.28 ↓ -56%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $148.28 ↓ -56%
NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY $337.35 ↑ +0%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $374.72 ↑ +11%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $374.72 ↑ +11%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $391.85 ↑ +16%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $391.85 ↑ +16%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $457.76 ↑ +36%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $477.48 ↑ +42%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $477.48 ↑ +42%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $477.48 ↑ +42%
HEALTH ALLIANCE HEALTHALLIANCE MIDWEST PPO $477.48 ↑ +42%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $477.48 ↑ +42%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $477.48 ↑ +42%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $477.48 ↑ +42%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
AETNA AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
WEBTPA AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
COVENTRY AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
MERITAIN AETNA $486.30 ↑ +44%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $519.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $519.00 ↑ +54%

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Fresh frozen plasma 8-24 hours collection each unit at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $152.75 $64.78 – $306.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $337.35 $205.47 – $519.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $337.35 $196.18 – $584.19
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $242.45 $66.49 – $373.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $337.35 $198.36 – $519.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $242.45 $72.29 – $403.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $337.35 $267.13 – $542.46
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $288.00 $57.89 – $546.00

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