Abd/low ext cath 1st at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,151.22
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,741.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$361.80 with Centene vs $3,489.13 with Millard Public Schools — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $361.80 | ↓ -69% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $425.38 | ↓ -63% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $675.36 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $953.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $988.92 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,109.52 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,133.64 | ↓ -2% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,254.24 | ↑ +9% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +13% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,447.20 | ↑ +26% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,712.52 | ↑ +49% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,809.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,809.00 | ↑ +57% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,050.20 | ↑ +78% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +164% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +164% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +164% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +203% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +203% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +203% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +203% |
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Abd/low ext cath 1st at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $2,209.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $581.10 | $227.41 – $637.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $5,338.00 | $715.16 – $3,558.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $2,552.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $2,121.00 | $928.00 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $4,199.65 | $1,012.15 – $4,307.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $6,521.60 | $205.50 – $2,574.14 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $6,521.60 | $205.50 – $3,600.92 |