Device tiss remov myosure reach 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

$3,961.70

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.

$6,094.92

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.

$214.06 with HEALTH CHOICES vs $1,064.99 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 $214.06 ↓ -95%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $214.06 ↓ -95%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
AETNA AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
COVENTRY AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
MERITAIN AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
WEBTPA AETNA $369.55 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS $591.07 ↓ -85%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $638.99 ↓ -84%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $638.99 ↓ -84%
CIGNA EAP CIGNA $638.99 ↓ -84%
CIGNA CIGNA $638.99 ↓ -84%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $676.27 ↓ -83%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $692.24 ↓ -83%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $692.24 ↓ -83%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $692.24 ↓ -83%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $692.24 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $883.94 ↓ -78%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $905.24 ↓ -77%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $1,064.99 ↓ -73%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $1,064.99 ↓ -73%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $1,064.99 ↓ -73%

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MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $2,122.80 not published
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