Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$5,325.60
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.
$12,680.00
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.
$395.81 with Medica vs $8,891.85 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $395.81 | ↓ -93% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $953.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $1,569.15 | ↓ -71% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↓ -47% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↓ -47% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $2,929.08 | ↓ -45% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↓ -39% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↓ -39% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↓ -39% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↓ -39% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $4,289.01 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $4,812.06 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $4,916.67 | ↓ -8% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $5,439.72 | ↑ +2% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $5,439.72 | ↑ +2% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $6,276.60 | ↑ +18% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $7,427.31 | ↑ +39% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $7,845.75 | ↑ +47% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,891.85 | ↑ +67% |
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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $6,827.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $32,814.32 | $9.58 – $25,652.84 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $37,827.08 | $183.41 – $24,925.18 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $5,925.40 | $5,925.40 – $9,116.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $6,632.60 | $2,612.22 – $10,204.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $7,885.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $492.60 | $599.33 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $6,632.60 | $2,397.94 – $10,204.00 |