Tc-99m sulfur colloid at MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
201 8th Ave SE, Oelwein, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1528009511
$855.40
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.
$855.40
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.
$326.93 with MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS vs $855.40 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 | $326.93 | ↓ -62% |
| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $331.55 | ↓ -61% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $336.43 | ↓ -61% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $338.05 | ↓ -60% |
| BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $347.12 | ↓ -59% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV | $354.22 | ↓ -59% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $357.73 | ↓ -58% |
| MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $364.31 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $371.76 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $403.32 | ↓ -53% |
| AMISH HOSPITAL AID | AMISH HOSPITAL AID | $466.45 | ↓ -45% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $526.07 | ↓ -39% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER MARKETPLACE | $589.20 | ↓ -31% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $629.57 | ↓ -26% |
| MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $629.57 | ↓ -26% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $704.94 | ↓ -18% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $704.94 | ↓ -18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $738.21 | ↓ -14% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $738.21 | ↓ -14% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| 1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND | AETNA | $786.11 | ↓ -8% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS | HEALTH PARTNERS | $822.89 | ↓ -4% |
| MULTIPLAN | MULTIPLAN | $829.74 | ↓ -3% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $838.29 | ↓ -2% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $838.29 | ↓ -2% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $838.29 | ↓ -2% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $838.29 | ↓ -2% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $838.29 | ↓ -2% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE | $838.29 | ↓ -2% |
| CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE | CRIME VICTIMS | $855.40 | ↑ +0% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $855.40 | ↑ +0% |
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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $201.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $855.40 | $305.38 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $855.40 | $338.65 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $855.40 | $323.34 – $962.84 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $855.40 | $242.08 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $855.40 | $201.02 – $855.40 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $855.40 | $440.27 – $894.06 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $855.40 | $171.94 – $1,089.53 |