Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml desensitization 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

$1,200.00

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.

$1,200.00

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.

$149.47 with NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY vs $229.95 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
NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY $149.47 ↓ -88%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $166.02 ↓ -86%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $166.02 ↓ -86%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $173.61 ↓ -86%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $173.61 ↓ -86%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $202.82 ↓ -83%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $211.55 ↓ -82%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $211.55 ↓ -82%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $211.55 ↓ -82%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $211.55 ↓ -82%
HEALTH ALLIANCE HEALTHALLIANCE MIDWEST PPO $211.55 ↓ -82%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $211.55 ↓ -82%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $211.55 ↓ -82%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
AETNA AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
COVENTRY AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
MERITAIN AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
WEBTPA AETNA $215.46 ↓ -82%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $229.95 ↓ -81%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $229.95 ↓ -81%

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Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml desensitization at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,276.71 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,200.00 $41.06 – $115.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,200.00 $45.53 – $115.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $1,200.00 $43.47 – $129.44
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,200.00 $339.60 – $1,200.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $1,200.00 $43.95 – $115.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $1,200.00 $27.03 – $115.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $1,200.00 $59.19 – $120.20

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