88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center

1111 6th Ave, Des Moines, IA · MercyOne · Nonprofit · NPI 1234567893

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

$83,244.26

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.

$182.00

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.

$19.65 with GEHA vs $12,891.30 with CLAIMDOC — 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
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $19.65 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $19.65 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS $19.65 ↓ -100%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $36.58 ↓ -100%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $36.58 ↓ -100%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
WEBTPA AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
COVENTRY AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
MERITAIN AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
AETNA AETNA $63.15 ↓ -100%
CIGNA EAP CIGNA $109.20 ↓ -100%
CIGNA CIGNA $109.20 ↓ -100%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $115.57 ↓ -100%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $118.30 ↓ -100%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $118.30 ↓ -100%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $118.30 ↓ -100%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $118.30 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $151.06 ↓ -100%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $154.70 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $182.00 ↓ -100%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $182.00 ↓ -100%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $182.00 ↓ -100%
IOWA TOTAL CARE IOWA TOTAL CARE MEDICAID $6,267.56 ↓ -92%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,285.31 ↓ -92%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,285.31 ↓ -92%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,285.31 ↓ -92%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $6,329.00 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,348.17 ↓ -92%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $6,353.58 ↓ -92%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,411.02 ↓ -92%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,541.86 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - NV (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - NY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - NY (EXCELLUS) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - OH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - OK WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - OR (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - PA (CAPITAL) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - PA (INDEPENDENCE) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - RI WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - SC WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - SD (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - TN WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - TX WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - UT (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - VA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - VA (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - VT WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - WA (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - WI (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - WV (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - WY WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE SHIELD - CA WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE SHIELD - ID (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK NORTHEASTERN WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK WESTERN WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE SHIELD - PA (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE SHIELD - WA (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE DISTINCTION TRANSPLANT WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BCBS GENERIC WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS OF MASSACHUSETTS WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CARE NETWORK WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - AK (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - AL WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - AR WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - AZ WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - CA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - CO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - CT (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - DC (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - DE (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - FEDERAL WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - FL WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - GA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - HI WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK HMO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - ID WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - IL WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - IL ALTERNATE WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - IN (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - KS WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - KY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - LA WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - MA WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - MD (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - ME (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - MI WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - MN WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - MO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - MS WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - MT WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - NC WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - ND WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - NE WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - NH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - NJ (HORIZON) WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
BLUE CROSS - NM WELLMARK PPO $6,783.99 ↓ -92%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $8,530.07 ↓ -90%
OSCAR OSCAR $9,113.70 ↓ -89%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $9,254.80 ↓ -89%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $10,774.82 ↓ -87%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $12,891.30 ↓ -85%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $12,891.30 ↓ -85%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $119.20 $16.37 – $35.70
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $69.60 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $105.00 $22.37 – $105.00
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $182.00 $19.65 – $182.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $101.00 $27.82 – $101.00
MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton $65.65 $57.57 – $101.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $221.65 $19.65 – $341.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $78.00 not published

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