Warde somatomedin 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

$429.00

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.

$660.00

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.

$20.60 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $202.00 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
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $20.60 ↓ -95%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $20.81 ↓ -95%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.83 ↓ -95%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.83 ↓ -95%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $20.83 ↓ -95%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $20.89 ↓ -95%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.04 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.25 ↓ -95%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $21.26 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $21.26 ↓ -95%
HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITYPOINT HEALTH PARTNERS MEDICARE ADV $21.47 ↓ -95%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $21.69 ↓ -95%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $28.28 ↓ -93%
OSCAR OSCAR $32.63 ↓ -92%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $35.29 ↓ -92%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $35.72 ↓ -92%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $42.73 ↓ -90%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $42.73 ↓ -90%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $47.47 ↓ -89%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $47.47 ↓ -89%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
COVENTRY AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
MERITAIN AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
AETNA AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
WEBTPA AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
AETNA EAP AETNA $57.85 ↓ -87%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $132.51 ↓ -69%
CIGNA EAP MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.42 ↓ -67%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.42 ↓ -67%
CIGNA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.42 ↓ -67%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.42 ↓ -67%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.42 ↓ -67%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $143.42 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $187.86 ↓ -56%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $202.00 ↓ -53%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $202.00 ↓ -53%

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Warde somatomedin at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $55.00 $12.76 – $36.23
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $230.40 $21.26 – $21.26
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $131.30 $20.60 – $202.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $139.75 $85.12 – $215.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $139.75 $20.83 – $215.00
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $131.30 $20.60 – $105.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $139.75 $20.83 – $215.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $429.00 $20.60 – $202.00

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