Coil axium 3d 14mmx40cm qc 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

$4,536.28

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.

$4,536.28

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.

$394.80 with MEDICAL ASSOCIATES vs $1,964.19 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
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $394.80 ↓ -91%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $394.80 ↓ -91%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
AETNA AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
COVENTRY AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
MERITAIN AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
WEBTPA AETNA $681.57 ↓ -85%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $785.68 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $785.68 ↓ -83%
CIGNA EAP CIGNA $1,178.51 ↓ -74%
CIGNA CIGNA $1,178.51 ↓ -74%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $1,247.26 ↓ -73%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,276.72 ↓ -72%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,276.72 ↓ -72%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,276.72 ↓ -72%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $1,276.72 ↓ -72%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $1,669.56 ↓ -63%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $1,964.19 ↓ -57%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $1,964.19 ↓ -57%

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Coil axium 3d 14mmx40cm qc at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $2,948.58 $701.22 – $1,964.19
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $2,801.50 $691.84 – $1,747.50
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $2,948.58 $742.46 – $2,210.89
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $2,948.58 $555.87 – $1,964.19
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $2,948.58 $750.71 – $1,964.19
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $2,948.58 $461.58 – $1,964.19
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $2,948.58 $1,010.97 – $2,052.97
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $2,948.58 $394.80 – $1,964.19

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