Succinylcholine chloride 20 mg/ml injection solution (wrapper) 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

$82.50

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$82.50

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$15.52 with HEALTH CHOICES vs $77.20 with CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $15.52 ↓ -81%
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $15.52 ↓ -81%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
AETNA AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
COVENTRY AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
MERITAIN AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
WEBTPA AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $26.79 ↓ -68%
CIGNA EAP CIGNA $46.32 ↓ -44%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $46.32 ↓ -44%
CIGNA CIGNA $46.32 ↓ -44%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $46.32 ↓ -44%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $49.02 ↓ -41%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $50.18 ↓ -39%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $50.18 ↓ -39%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $50.18 ↓ -39%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $50.18 ↓ -39%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $65.62 ↓ -20%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $77.20 ↓ -6%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $77.20 ↓ -6%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Succinylcholine chloride 20 mg/ml injection solution (wrapper) at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $46.73 not published
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $77.20 $30.56 – $77.20
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $77.20 $21.85 – $77.20
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $77.20 $29.51 – $77.20
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $66.25 $15.57 – $66.25
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader $77.20 $39.73 – $80.69
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $77.20 $0.60 – $3.00
MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville $13.80 $3.79 – $13.80

All Iowa hospitals for this procedure →