Autologous blood op salvage at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$643.02
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.
$1,531.00
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.
$229.65 with Centene vs $1,767.39 with AMPS — 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 | $229.65 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $254.75 | ↓ -60% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $256.98 | ↓ -60% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $269.10 | ↓ -58% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $324.67 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $423.63 | ↓ -34% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $428.68 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $704.26 | ↑ +10% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $775.60 | ↑ +21% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $775.60 | ↑ +21% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $790.81 | ↑ +23% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $796.12 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $796.12 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $796.12 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $796.12 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $796.12 | ↑ +24% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $796.12 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $796.12 | ↑ +24% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $812.04 | ↑ +26% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $820.00 | ↑ +28% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $835.93 | ↑ +30% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $835.93 | ↑ +30% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $918.60 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,087.01 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,148.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,301.35 | ↑ +102% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,767.39 | ↑ +175% |
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Autologous blood op salvage at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $786.52 | $79.34 – $790.84 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $786.52 | $79.34 – $907.18 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $786.52 | $79.34 – $812.79 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $786.52 | $79.34 – $800.57 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $786.52 | $79.34 – $872.05 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $786.52 | $79.34 – $794.93 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $786.52 | $64.22 – $835.92 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf | Bettendorf | $786.52 | $79.34 – $1,205.09 |