Fluconazole 200 mg/100 ml in sod. chloride (iso) intravenous piggyback 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

$20.00

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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.

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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.

$3.72 with HEALTH CHOICES vs $18.50 with CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $3.72 ↓ -81%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $3.72 ↓ -81%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
AETNA AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
COVENTRY AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
MERITAIN AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
WEBTPA AETNA $6.42 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS $10.27 ↓ -49%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $11.10 ↓ -45%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $11.10 ↓ -45%
CIGNA EAP CIGNA $11.10 ↓ -45%
CIGNA CIGNA $11.10 ↓ -45%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $11.75 ↓ -41%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $12.03 ↓ -40%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $12.03 ↓ -40%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $12.03 ↓ -40%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $12.03 ↓ -40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $15.36 ↓ -23%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $15.73 ↓ -21%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $18.50 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $18.50 ↓ -8%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $18.50 ↓ -8%

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Fluconazole 200 mg/100 ml in sod. chloride (iso) intravenous piggyback at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $73.52 $0.35 – $3.58
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $73.89 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $74.00 $6.60 – $18.50
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $74.00 $6.99 – $20.82
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $74.00 $5.24 – $18.50
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $74.00 $7.07 – $18.50
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $74.00 $4.35 – $18.50
MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines $74.00 $3.72 – $18.50

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