Warde apolipoprotein b at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center

3421 W. 9th St, Waterloo, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1700827896

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

$2,030.00

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.

$204.00

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.

$9.09 with IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH vs $160.00 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.

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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
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $9.09 ↓ -100%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $20.44 ↓ -99%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $20.64 ↓ -99%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.67 ↓ -99%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.67 ↓ -99%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.67 ↓ -99%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $20.72 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.87 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.08 ↓ -99%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $21.09 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $21.09 ↓ -99%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $21.30 ↓ -99%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.51 ↓ -99%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $28.05 ↓ -99%
OSCAR OSCAR $32.37 ↓ -98%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $35.01 ↓ -98%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $35.43 ↓ -98%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $37.60 ↓ -98%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $37.60 ↓ -98%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $42.39 ↓ -98%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $42.39 ↓ -98%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
COVENTRY AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
MERITAIN AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
WEBTPA AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
AETNA EAP AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $57.39 ↓ -97%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $104.96 ↓ -95%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $113.60 ↓ -94%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $113.60 ↓ -94%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $113.60 ↓ -94%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $113.60 ↓ -94%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $113.60 ↓ -94%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $113.60 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $148.80 ↓ -93%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $160.00 ↓ -92%

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Warde apolipoprotein b at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $64.28 $12.65 – $42.34
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $106.20 $21.09 – $21.09
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $83.85 $20.44 – $129.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $120.25 $73.24 – $185.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $120.25 $69.93 – $208.24
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $48.75 $10.19 – $42.39
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $104.00 $20.44 – $87.00
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $120.25 $95.22 – $193.36

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