Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$748.02
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.
$1,781.00
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.
$68.25 with Centene vs $3,259.25 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 | $68.25 | ↓ -91% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $84.78 | ↓ -89% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $127.40 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $209.30 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $213.85 | ↓ -71% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $236.60 | ↓ -68% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $273.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $280.27 | ↓ -63% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $280.27 | ↓ -63% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $285.76 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $287.68 | ↓ -62% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $287.68 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $287.68 | ↓ -62% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $287.68 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $287.68 | ↓ -62% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $293.43 | ↓ -61% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $296.31 | ↓ -60% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $302.06 | ↓ -60% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $302.06 | ↓ -60% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $323.05 | ↓ -57% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $341.25 | ↓ -54% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $341.25 | ↓ -54% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $365.31 | ↓ -51% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $386.75 | ↓ -48% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $638.65 | ↓ -15% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $953.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +74% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +279% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +279% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +279% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +336% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +336% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +336% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +336% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $459.00 | $282.56 – $331.50 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $800.15 | $275.38 – $820.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $1,397.50 | $3.44 – $223.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $488.43 | $12.26 – $656.86 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $861.90 | $2.03 – $923.96 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,949.00 | $261.10 – $1,299.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $3,070.65 | $2.03 – $1,299.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $2,407.00 | $9.60 – $223.00 |