Bln stent lg 19mm diam 10-12mm palmaz gen trnshpat unmtd at MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center

1755 59th Place, West Des Moines, IA · MercyOne · · NPI 1538395975

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

$2,793.14

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.

$2,793.14

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.

$353.01 with HEALTH CHOICES vs $1,756.25 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 $353.01 ↓ -87%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $353.01 ↓ -87%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
AETNA AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
COVENTRY AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
MERITAIN AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
WEBTPA AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $609.42 ↓ -78%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $702.50 ↓ -75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $702.50 ↓ -75%
CIGNA EAP CIGNA $1,053.75 ↓ -62%
CIGNA CIGNA $1,053.75 ↓ -62%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $1,115.22 ↓ -60%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,141.56 ↓ -59%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,141.56 ↓ -59%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,141.56 ↓ -59%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,141.56 ↓ -59%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $1,492.81 ↓ -47%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $1,756.25 ↓ -37%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $1,756.25 ↓ -37%

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Bln stent lg 19mm diam 10-12mm palmaz gen trnshpat unmtd at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $1,815.54 $626.98 – $1,756.25
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $1,615.25 $618.59 – $1,562.50
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $1,815.54 $663.86 – $1,976.84
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $1,815.54 $497.02 – $1,756.25
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $1,815.54 $671.24 – $1,756.25
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $1,815.54 $412.72 – $1,756.25
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $1,815.54 $903.94 – $1,835.63
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $1,815.54 $353.01 – $1,756.25

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