Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$3,937.08
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.
$9,374.00
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.
$701.00 with Creighton University Employees vs $12,807.00 with Medica — 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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| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $701.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $1,101.64 | ↓ -72% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $1,406.10 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $2,624.72 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $4,312.04 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $4,405.78 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $4,874.48 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $4,874.48 | ↑ +24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,539.33 | ↑ +41% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $5,539.33 | ↑ +41% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $5,624.40 | ↑ +43% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $5,647.95 | ↑ +43% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5,685.93 | ↑ +44% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $5,685.93 | ↑ +44% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5,685.93 | ↑ +44% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $5,685.93 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $5,685.93 | ↑ +44% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $5,799.65 | ↑ +47% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $5,856.51 | ↑ +49% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $5,970.23 | ↑ +52% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $5,970.23 | ↑ +52% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $6,655.54 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $7,030.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,967.90 | ↑ +102% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $8,042.03 | ↑ +104% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $8,042.03 | ↑ +104% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $8,042.03 | ↑ +104% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $9,248.33 | ↑ +135% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $9,248.33 | ↑ +135% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $9,248.33 | ↑ +135% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $9,248.33 | ↑ +135% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $9,391.00 | ↑ +139% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $12,622.76 | ↑ +221% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,807.00 | ↑ +225% |
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Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,073.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $22,555.72 | $5.46 – $12,079.51 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $20,892.91 | $24.90 – $12,937.15 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $2,161.00 | $24.90 – $211.84 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $21,990.65 | $9.09 – $11,736.86 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $35,271.38 | $1.92 – $11,736.86 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $22,614.24 | $1.92 – $2,161.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $51,418.66 | $74.50 – $13,097.50 |