Application of paste boot 29580 at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$233.94
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.
$557.00
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.
$38.40 with Centene vs $1,302.00 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $38.40 | ↓ -84% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $49.37 | ↓ -79% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $71.68 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $117.76 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $120.32 | ↓ -49% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $133.12 | ↓ -43% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $149.82 | ↓ -36% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $149.82 | ↓ -36% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $152.76 | ↓ -35% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $153.60 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $153.78 | ↓ -34% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $153.78 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $153.78 | ↓ -34% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $153.78 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $153.78 | ↓ -34% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $156.86 | ↓ -33% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $158.39 | ↓ -32% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $161.47 | ↓ -31% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $161.47 | ↓ -31% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $181.76 | ↓ -22% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $192.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $192.00 | ↓ -18% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $217.60 | ↓ -7% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $341.39 | ↑ +46% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $953.00 | ↑ +307% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +457% |
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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $177.60 | $151.04 – $192.40 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $465.40 | $180.31 – $536.91 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $721.00 | $96.68 – $481.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $716.00 | $130.89 – $477.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $380.90 | $8.31 – $391.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $205.80 | $151.04 – $211.46 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $99.60 | $121.18 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $619.96 | $23.70 – $204.20 |