Critical care each additional 30 minutes at MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center

201 8th Ave SE, Oelwein, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1528009511

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Aug 3, 2026

$325.00

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.

$500.00

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.

$108.20 with AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE vs $293.00 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
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $108.20 ↓ -67%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $111.98 ↓ -66%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $113.57 ↓ -65%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $115.24 ↓ -65%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $115.79 ↓ -64%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $118.90 ↓ -63%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $121.33 ↓ -63%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $122.53 ↓ -62%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $124.79 ↓ -62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $127.34 ↓ -61%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $159.77 ↓ -51%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $180.20 ↓ -45%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $201.82 ↓ -38%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $215.65 ↓ -34%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $215.65 ↓ -34%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $241.46 ↓ -26%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $241.46 ↓ -26%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $252.86 ↓ -22%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $252.86 ↓ -22%
COVENTRY AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
MERITAIN AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
AETNA AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
WEBTPA AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
AETNA EAP AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $269.27 ↓ -17%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $281.87 ↓ -13%
MULTIPLAN MULTIPLAN $284.21 ↓ -13%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE $287.14 ↓ -12%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE $287.14 ↓ -12%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE $287.14 ↓ -12%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE $287.14 ↓ -12%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE $287.14 ↓ -12%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE $287.14 ↓ -12%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $293.00 ↓ -10%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $293.00 ↓ -10%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $483.00 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $336.70 $56.25 – $518.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $325.00 $63.90 – $293.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $325.00 $110.75 – $329.80
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $793.00 $345.26 – $1,453.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $469.30 $169.67 – $722.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $325.00 $94.09 – $306.24
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $1,330.00 $56.25 – $1,330.00

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