Ast/sgot at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$45.36
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.
$108.00
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.
$5.02 with Amerigroup vs $91.80 with MultiPlan — 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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| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.02 | ↓ -89% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $5.02 | ↓ -89% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $5.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $5.18 | ↓ -89% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $5.18 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $5.18 | ↓ -89% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $5.18 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $5.18 | ↓ -89% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $5.28 | ↓ -88% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $5.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $5.44 | ↓ -88% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $5.44 | ↓ -88% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $10.08 | ↓ -78% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $10.65 | ↓ -77% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.15 | ↓ -75% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $11.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $16.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $16.68 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $21.77 | ↓ -52% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $30.24 | ↓ -33% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $35.39 | ↓ -22% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $35.39 | ↓ -22% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $35.39 | ↓ -22% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $40.70 | ↓ -10% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $40.70 | ↓ -10% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $40.70 | ↓ -10% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $40.70 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $49.68 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $56.16 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $56.16 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $64.80 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $76.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $81.00 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $91.80 | ↑ +102% |
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Ast/sgot at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $40.80 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $59.15 | $36.03 – $91.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $59.15 | $34.40 – $102.43 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $59.15 | $5.02 – $91.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $59.15 | $34.78 – $91.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $42.90 | $5.02 – $66.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $59.15 | $46.84 – $95.11 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $196.00 | $5.02 – $196.00 |