_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$514.50
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,225.00
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.
$111.78 with Amerigroup vs $1,041.25 with MultiPlan — 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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| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $111.78 | ↓ -78% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $111.78 | ↓ -78% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $113.97 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -78% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -78% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $115.36 | ↓ -78% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $117.67 | ↓ -77% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $118.82 | ↓ -77% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $121.13 | ↓ -76% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $121.13 | ↓ -76% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $183.75 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $221.95 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $237.18 | ↓ -54% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $248.37 | ↓ -52% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $256.10 | ↓ -50% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $343.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $371.83 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $485.16 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $563.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $637.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $637.00 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $735.00 | ↑ +43% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $789.19 | ↑ +53% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $789.19 | ↑ +53% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $789.19 | ↑ +53% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $869.75 | ↑ +69% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $907.56 | ↑ +76% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $907.56 | ↑ +76% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $907.56 | ↑ +76% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $907.56 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $918.75 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,041.25 | ↑ +102% |
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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $366.00 | $115.36 – $115.36 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $370.50 | $111.78 – $570.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $408.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $291.00 | $164.90 – $354.05 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $289.60 | $69.22 – $179.44 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $289.60 | $3.50 – $179.44 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $289.60 | $52.47 – $121.13 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $289.60 | $43.51 – $179.44 |