Assay of neonatal thyroxine at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$17.22
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.
$41.00
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.
$6.15 with Centene vs $41.00 with One World — 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 | $6.15 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.27 | ↓ -64% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $6.27 | ↓ -64% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $6.40 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $6.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $6.47 | ↓ -62% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $6.47 | ↓ -62% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $6.47 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $6.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $6.60 | ↓ -62% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $6.66 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $6.79 | ↓ -61% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $6.79 | ↓ -61% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $11.48 | ↓ -33% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $12.62 | ↓ -27% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $13.30 | ↓ -23% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.93 | ↓ -19% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $14.36 | ↓ -17% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $18.86 | ↑ +10% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $20.84 | ↑ +21% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $21.32 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $21.32 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $24.60 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $27.20 | ↑ +58% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $29.11 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $30.75 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $34.85 | ↑ +102% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $41.00 | ↑ +138% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $41.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $41.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $41.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $41.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $41.00 | ↑ +138% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $41.00 | ↑ +138% |
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Assay of neonatal thyroxine at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $19.80 | $6.47 – $6.47 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $22.20 | not published |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $55.00 | $3.88 – $36.23 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $55.00 | $3.50 – $55.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $55.00 | $3.88 – $27.71 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $55.00 | $3.88 – $20.21 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $55.00 | $3.88 – $60.98 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $55.00 | $3.88 – $33.00 |