Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$280.56
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.
$668.00
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.
$97.97 with Medica vs $3,259.25 with Timpte — 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 | $97.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $100.20 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $187.04 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $307.28 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $313.96 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $347.36 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $347.36 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $400.80 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $474.28 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $501.00 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $567.80 | ↑ +102% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $657.50 | ↑ +134% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $657.50 | ↑ +134% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $670.39 | ↑ +139% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +141% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +141% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +141% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +141% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +141% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $688.40 | ↑ +145% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $695.15 | ↑ +148% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $708.64 | ↑ +153% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $708.64 | ↑ +153% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,422.00 | ↑ +407% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,498.28 | ↑ +434% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,938.00 | ↑ +591% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +910% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +910% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +910% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +1062% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +1062% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +1062% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +1062% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $501.60 | $543.40 – $662.89 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $1,326.00 | $485.52 – $1,410.41 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $206.05 | $83.53 – $211.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $1,992.25 | $14.27 – $2,043.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,924.00 | $396.57 – $1,973.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,630.20 | $16.62 – $1,672.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $579.60 | $627.90 – $662.89 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $579.60 | $135.78 – $328.44 |