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Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb ea add bil 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

$4,078.75

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.

$6,275.00

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.

$2,718.95 with NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY vs $4,183.00 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
NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY $2,718.95 ↓ -33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $3,020.13 ↓ -26%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $3,020.13 ↓ -26%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $3,158.17 ↓ -23%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $3,158.17 ↓ -23%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $3,689.41 ↓ -10%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,848.36 ↓ -6%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,848.36 ↓ -6%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,848.36 ↓ -6%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,848.36 ↓ -6%
HEALTH ALLIANCE HEALTHALLIANCE MIDWEST PPO $3,848.36 ↓ -6%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,848.36 ↓ -6%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $3,848.36 ↓ -6%
WEBTPA AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
COVENTRY AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
MERITAIN AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $3,919.47 ↓ -4%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $4,183.00 ↑ +3%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $4,183.00 ↑ +3%

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Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb ea add bil at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $1,076.40 not published
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $4,395.95 $906.31 – $4,509.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $1,212.60 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $1,212.60 $127.02 – $458.32
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo $4,753.45 $1,145.63 – $4,875.00
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $3,922.71 $40.96 – $98.20
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $849.30 $46.82 – $424.65
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $441.60 $46.82 – $125.58

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