An fluoro guide for cvp at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$570.78
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.
$1,359.00
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.
$152.80 with Medica vs $1,067.60 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $152.80 | ↓ -73% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $172.81 | ↓ -70% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $188.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $192.15 | ↓ -66% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $201.22 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $213.97 | ↓ -63% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $235.23 | ↓ -59% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $235.23 | ↓ -59% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $235.23 | ↓ -59% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $270.51 | ↓ -53% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $270.51 | ↓ -53% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $270.51 | ↓ -53% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $270.51 | ↓ -53% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $351.68 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $577.76 | ↑ +1% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $653.12 | ↑ +14% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $653.12 | ↑ +14% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $753.60 | ↑ +32% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $891.76 | ↑ +56% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $942.00 | ↑ +65% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,067.60 | ↑ +87% |
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An fluoro guide for cvp at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $232.20 | not published |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $755.30 | $328.85 – $1,162.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,162.00 | $1.81 – $1,162.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $243.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $243.60 | $49.64 – $70.04 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $510.17 | $16.43 – $336.07 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $731.10 | $16.43 – $731.10 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $484.00 | $16.43 – $243.82 |