Positioner proc acufex leg acs at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
3421 W. 9th St, Waterloo, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1700827896
$197.14
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.
$303.30
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.
$60.66 with AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE vs $303.30 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 |
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| AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $60.66 | ↓ -69% |
| IOWA TOTAL CARE | IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID | $61.87 | ↓ -69% |
| MOLINA MEDICAID | MOLINA MEDICAID | $62.48 | ↓ -68% |
| WELLPOINT MEDICAID | WELLPOINT MEDICAID | $62.72 | ↓ -68% |
| MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $71.28 | ↓ -64% |
| HEALTH CHOICES | MEDICAL ASSOCIATES | $71.28 | ↓ -64% |
| OSCAR | OSCAR | $94.02 | ↓ -52% |
| CENTIVO | CENTIVO | $103.73 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $168.33 | ↓ -15% |
| GEHA | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $168.33 | ↓ -15% |
| CLAIMDOC | CLAIMDOC | $181.98 | ↓ -8% |
| NOVA | CLAIMDOC | $181.98 | ↓ -8% |
| HEALTH PARTNERS | HEALTH PARTNERS | $198.96 | ↑ +1% |
| CIGNA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $215.34 | ↑ +9% |
| CIGNA EAP | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $215.34 | ↑ +9% |
| MIDLANDS | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $215.34 | ↑ +9% |
| MIDLANDS CHOICE | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $215.34 | ↑ +9% |
| AUXIANT | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $215.34 | ↑ +9% |
| MEDICA | MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO | $215.34 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| AETNA DOMESTIC | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| AETNA EAP | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| ASR HEALTH BENEFITS | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| COVENTRY | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| FIRST HEALTH | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| LUCENT HEALTH | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| LUMINARE HEALTH | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| MEDICAL MUTUAL | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| MERITAIN | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| WEBTPA | AETNA | $270.85 | ↑ +37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER | $282.07 | ↑ +43% |
| IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH | CARE FOR YOURSELF | $303.30 | ↑ +54% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $303.30 | ↑ +54% |
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Positioner proc acufex leg acs at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | not published | $3.76 – $50.37 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $197.14 | $58.78 – $303.30 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $204.75 | $124.71 – $315.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $197.14 | $114.65 – $341.39 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $197.14 | $58.78 – $303.30 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $197.14 | $115.92 – $303.30 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $197.14 | $52.59 – $303.30 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $197.14 | $156.11 – $317.01 |