Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$78.40
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.
$186.65
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.
$6.18 with BCBS - NE vs $142.59 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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| BCBS - NE | Commercial|BluePrint | $6.18 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|HMO | $6.89 | ↓ -91% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|PPO | $6.89 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.24 | ↓ -89% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $12.39 | ↓ -84% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $14.27 | ↓ -82% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $14.32 | ↓ -82% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $14.43 | ↓ -82% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $14.43 | ↓ -82% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $14.43 | ↓ -82% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $14.94 | ↓ -81% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $16.60 | ↓ -79% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $16.60 | ↓ -79% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $16.60 | ↓ -79% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $16.60 | ↓ -79% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $25.17 | ↓ -68% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $46.97 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $77.17 | ↓ -2% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $87.23 | ↑ +11% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $100.65 | ↑ +28% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $119.11 | ↑ +52% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $125.82 | ↑ +60% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $125.82 | ↑ +60% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $142.59 | ↑ +82% |
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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $78.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $175.75 | $34.45 – $175.75 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $175.75 | $34.45 – $175.75 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $175.75 | $34.45 – $197.82 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $175.75 | $6.49 – $175.75 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $175.75 | $34.45 – $175.75 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $175.75 | $34.45 – $175.75 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $175.75 | $34.45 – $175.75 |