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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
201 8th Ave SE, Oelwein, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1528009511
$2,500.55
Cash price 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.
$3,847.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,470.32 with MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS vs $3,847.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,470.32 | ↓ -41% |
| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $1,491.10 | ↓ -40% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $1,513.03 | ↓ -39% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $1,520.33 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,561.11 | ↓ -38% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $1,593.04 | ↓ -36% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,608.82 | ↓ -36% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,638.44 | ↓ -34% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,671.91 | ↓ -33% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $1,813.86 | ↓ -27% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $2,097.77 | ↓ -16% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $2,365.91 | ↓ -5% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $2,649.81 | ↑ +6% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,731.37 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,731.37 | ↑ +9% |
| MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $2,831.39 | ↑ +13% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $2,831.39 | ↑ +13% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $3,170.31 | ↑ +27% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $3,170.31 | ↑ +27% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $3,535.39 | ↑ +41% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS | HEALTH PARTNERS | $3,700.81 | ↑ +48% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $3,731.59 | ↑ +49% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $3,770.06 | ↑ +51% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $3,770.06 | ↑ +51% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $3,770.06 | ↑ +51% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $3,770.06 | ↑ +51% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $3,770.06 | ↑ +51% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $3,770.06 | ↑ +51% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $3,847.00 | ↑ +54% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $3,847.00 | ↑ +54% |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $3,174.75 | $52.25 – $1,166.72 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,377.28 | $52.25 – $907.28 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,607.40 | $231.38 – $323.93 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $5,094.05 | $15.60 – $3,635.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $2,500.55 | $1,523.03 – $3,847.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $4,342.00 | $219.72 – $3,792.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $7,785.05 | $24.00 – $1,838.19 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $2,500.55 | $1,980.05 – $4,020.88 |