SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Removal of a breast lump, open surgery in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 19120, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp DES MOINES, IA
PR Exc Cyst/Aberrant Breast Tissue Open Male/Female 1/> Lesion
$930.00 $930.00 Mar 31, 2026
file
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation DES MOINES, IA
PR REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION
$1,227.20 $1,534.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation DES MOINES, IA
PR REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION
$1,227.20 $1,534.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp DES MOINES, IA
HC Excision Cyst/Fibroadenoma/Other Benign/Malignant Tumor Open Male/Female >= 1 Lesion Lt
one side $20,187.71 Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $930.00, median $1,227.20, highest $1,227.20 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

One side of the body : lowest $20,187.71, median $20,187.71, highest $20,187.71.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,227.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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