Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$435.96
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.
$1,038.00
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.
$23.85 with Centene 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $23.85 | ↓ -95% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $44.52 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $73.14 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $74.73 | ↓ -83% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $95.40 | ↓ -78% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $112.89 | ↓ -74% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $119.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $119.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $119.25 | ↓ -73% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $135.15 | ↓ -69% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $159.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $587.00 | ↑ +35% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $587.00 | ↑ +35% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $598.51 | ↑ +37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $602.53 | ↑ +38% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $602.53 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $602.53 | ↑ +38% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $602.53 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $602.53 | ↑ +38% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $614.58 | ↑ +41% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $620.61 | ↑ +42% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $632.66 | ↑ +45% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $632.66 | ↑ +45% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,337.62 | ↑ +207% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,422.00 | ↑ +226% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,938.00 | ↑ +345% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +550% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +550% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +550% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +648% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +648% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +648% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +648% |
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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $851.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $2,080.00 | $562.78 – $2,133.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $995.80 | $288.94 – $1,342.40 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,725.10 | $355.57 – $1,769.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $426.00 | $77.93 – $284.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $1,748.50 | $593.78 – $1,793.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,028.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $1,028.40 | $380.33 – $388.62 |