Cath ablat bi-d d-d 8fr 115cm 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

$4,378.40

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.

$6,736.00

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.

$276.20 with HEALTH CHOICES vs $1,374.15 with CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE — 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
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $276.20 ↓ -94%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $276.20 ↓ -94%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
AETNA AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
COVENTRY AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
MERITAIN AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
WEBTPA AETNA $476.83 ↓ -89%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS $762.65 ↓ -83%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $824.49 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $824.49 ↓ -81%
CIGNA EAP CIGNA $824.49 ↓ -81%
CIGNA CIGNA $824.49 ↓ -81%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $872.59 ↓ -80%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $893.20 ↓ -80%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $893.20 ↓ -80%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $893.20 ↓ -80%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $893.20 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $1,140.54 ↓ -74%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $1,168.03 ↓ -73%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $1,374.15 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $1,374.15 ↓ -69%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $1,374.15 ↓ -69%

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Cath ablat bi-d d-d 8fr 115cm at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $12,644.01 $3,224.22 – $7,744.45
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,464.20 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $4,378.40 $490.57 – $1,374.15
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $4,160.00 $650.27 – $1,642.50
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $4,378.40 $519.43 – $1,546.74
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $4,378.40 $388.88 – $1,374.15
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $4,378.40 $525.20 – $1,374.15
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $4,378.40 $322.93 – $1,374.15

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