#_benzodiazconfur at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$71.40
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.
$170.00
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.
$21.75 with Centene vs $123.25 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $21.75 | ↓ -70% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $40.60 | ↓ -43% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $46.45 | ↓ -35% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $46.66 | ↓ -35% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.64 | ↓ -32% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $58.18 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $66.70 | ↓ -7% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $75.40 | ↑ +6% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $75.40 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $75.92 | ↑ +6% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $87.00 | ↑ +22% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $102.95 | ↑ +44% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $108.75 | ↑ +52% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $123.25 | ↑ +73% |
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#_benzodiazconfur at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $192.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $155.35 | $87.47 – $239.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $155.35 | $48.04 – $239.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $153.00 | $41.98 – $153.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $99.45 | $40.39 – $153.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $155.35 | $61.18 – $239.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $213.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $394.80 | $24.82 – $53.29 |