Bilirubin direct 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

$3,044.00

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.

$96.00

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.

$4.87 with IOWA TOTAL CARE vs $2,647.73 with BLUE CROSS - OR (REGENCE) — 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 $4.87 ↓ -100%
MOLINA MEDICAID MOLINA MEDICAID $4.91 ↓ -100%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.92 ↓ -100%
MEDICARE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES HEALTH PLANS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.92 ↓ -100%
MEDIGOLD MEDICARE ADVANTAGE MERCYONE HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.92 ↓ -100%
WELLPOINT MEDICAID WELLPOINT MEDICAID $4.93 ↓ -100%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLMARK MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $4.97 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.02 ↓ -100%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $5.02 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $5.02 ↓ -100%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS $5.02 ↓ -100%
WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE WELLPOINT MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $5.12 ↓ -100%
AMISH HOSPITAL AID AMISH HOSPITAL AID $6.68 ↓ -100%
OSCAR OSCAR $7.13 ↓ -100%
CENTIVO CENTIVO $7.24 ↓ -100%
AMBETTER AMBETTER MARKETPLACE $8.43 ↓ -100%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $9.09 ↓ -100%
CLAIMDOC CLAIMDOC $10.09 ↓ -100%
NOVA CLAIMDOC $10.09 ↓ -100%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $19.30 ↓ -99%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $19.30 ↓ -99%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
COVENTRY AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
MERITAIN AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
AETNA AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
WEBTPA AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $33.31 ↓ -99%
CIGNA CIGNA $57.60 ↓ -98%
CIGNA EAP CIGNA $57.60 ↓ -98%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $60.96 ↓ -98%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $62.40 ↓ -98%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $62.40 ↓ -98%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $62.40 ↓ -98%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $62.40 ↓ -98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $79.68 ↓ -97%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $81.60 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $96.00 ↓ -97%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $96.00 ↓ -97%
BLUE CROSS - PA (CAPITAL) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - PA (INDEPENDENCE) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - RI WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - SC WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - SD (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - TN WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - TX WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - UT (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - VA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - VA (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - VT WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - WA (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - WI (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - WV (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - WY WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE SHIELD - CA WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE SHIELD - ID (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK NORTHEASTERN WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE SHIELD - NY HIGHMARK WESTERN WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE SHIELD - PA (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE SHIELD - WA (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE DISTINCTION TRANSPLANT WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BCBS GENERIC WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS OF MASSACHUSETTS WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CARE NETWORK WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - AK (PREMERA) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - AL WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - AR WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - AZ WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - CA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - CO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - CT (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - DC (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - DE (HIGHMARK) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - FEDERAL WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - FL WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - GA (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - HI WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK HMO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - IA (WELLMARK) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - ID WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - IL WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - IL ALTERNATE WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - IN (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - KS WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - KY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - LA WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - MA WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - MD (CAREFIRST) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - ME (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - MI WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - MN WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - MO (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - MS WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - MT WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - NC WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - ND WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - NE WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - NH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - NJ (HORIZON) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - NM WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - NV (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - NY (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - NY (EXCELLUS) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - OH (ANTHEM) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - OK WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS - OR (REGENCE) WELLMARK PPO $2,647.73 ↓ -13%

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Bilirubin direct at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $33.57 $3.01 – $12.34
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $34.80 $5.02 – $5.02
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $97.50 $4.87 – $150.00
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $42.90 $26.13 – $66.00
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $42.90 $24.95 – $74.29
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $45.50 $4.87 – $70.00
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $42.90 $25.23 – $66.00
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $40.95 $4.87 – $63.00

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