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Thyroid Ultrasound 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

$553.80

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.

$852.00

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.

$98.96 with MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS vs $852.00 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 $98.96 ↓ -82%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.96 ↓ -82%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $98.96 ↓ -82%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $99.95 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $100.94 ↓ -82%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $101.99 ↓ -82%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $103.00 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - WY WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - MI WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - PA (INDEPENDENCE) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - IL ALTERNATE WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - AK (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - CO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE SHIELD - WA (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK WESTERN WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - OK WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE SHIELD - PA (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - VT WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - VA (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - TX WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - NH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - KY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - FEDERAL WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - WA (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - AZ WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - RI WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - NC WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - OR (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - SC WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CARE NETWORK WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - VA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - WI (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK HMO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - DC (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK NORTHEASTERN WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - MT WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - KS WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - NY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE SHIELD - ID (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - UT (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - ME (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - FL WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - GA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - LA WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - NY (EXCELLUS) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - SD (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - MD (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - CT (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - WV (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE SHIELD - CA WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - DE (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - IL WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - TN WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - AR WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - NE WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - NV (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - OH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - MS WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - PA (CAPITAL) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE DISTINCTION TRANSPLANT WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - IN (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - MO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - MA WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - CA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - AL WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - ND WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BCBS GENERIC WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - MN WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS OF MASSACHUSETTS WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - HI WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - ID WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - NJ (HORIZON) WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
BLUE CROSS - NM WELLMARK PPO $106.81 ↓ -81%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $120.57 ↓ -78%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $121.75 ↓ -78%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $122.23 ↓ -78%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $134.30 ↓ -76%
OSCAR OSCAR $143.49 ↓ -74%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $145.71 ↓ -74%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $169.64 ↓ -69%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $202.97 ↓ -63%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $202.97 ↓ -63%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $485.64 ↓ -12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $485.64 ↓ -12%
NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY NEWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY $553.80 ↑ +0%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $643.26 ↑ +16%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $643.26 ↑ +16%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $751.46 ↑ +36%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $783.84 ↑ +42%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $783.84 ↑ +42%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $783.84 ↑ +42%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $783.84 ↑ +42%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $783.84 ↑ +42%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $783.84 ↑ +42%
HEALTH ALLIANCE HEALTHALLIANCE MIDWEST PPO $783.84 ↑ +42%
WEBTPA AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
COVENTRY AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
AETNA AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
MERITAIN AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $798.32 ↑ +44%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $852.00 ↑ +54%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $852.00 ↑ +54%

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Thyroid Ultrasound at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $843.24 $24.76 – $309.89
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $546.62 $24.76 – $360.08
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $553.80 $325.63 – $852.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $321.60 $101.79 – $142.51
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $514.80 $93.79 – $792.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $553.80 $337.31 – $852.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $586.95 $96.27 – $903.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $471.25 $98.49 – $725.00

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