Diazepam 5 mg/ml injection solution (wrapper) at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
3421 W. 9th St, Waterloo, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1700827896
$97.75
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.
$97.75
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.
$22.97 with MEDICAL ASSOCIATES vs $97.75 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $22.97 | ↓ -77% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $22.97 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $54.25 | ↓ -45% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $54.25 | ↓ -45% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS | HEALTH PARTNERS | $64.12 | ↓ -34% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $69.40 | ↓ -29% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $69.40 | ↓ -29% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $69.40 | ↓ -29% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $69.40 | ↓ -29% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $69.40 | ↓ -29% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $69.40 | ↓ -29% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $87.29 | ↓ -11% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $90.91 | ↓ -7% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $97.75 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $97.75 | ↑ +0% |
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Diazepam 5 mg/ml injection solution (wrapper) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $94.72 | $3.10 – $5.79 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $68.15 | $24.33 – $68.15 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $250.05 | $68.31 – $172.55 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $68.15 | $25.76 – $76.71 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $111.85 | $31.65 – $111.85 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $97.75 | $37.36 – $97.75 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $108.95 | $25.60 – $108.95 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $250.05 | $56.08 – $113.87 |