Bone biopsy open superficial at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,635.48
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.
$3,894.00
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.
$265.82 with Medica vs $6,192.11 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $265.82 | ↓ -84% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $584.10 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,090.32 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,791.24 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,830.18 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,024.88 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,336.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $2,717.32 | ↑ +66% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,717.32 | ↑ +66% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,764.74 | ↑ +69% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,770.60 | ↑ +69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,789.24 | ↑ +71% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $2,789.24 | ↑ +71% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,789.24 | ↑ +71% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $2,789.24 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $2,789.24 | ↑ +71% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $2,845.02 | ↑ +74% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $2,872.92 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,920.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,920.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,928.70 | ↑ +79% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $2,928.70 | ↑ +79% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +86% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +86% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +86% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,309.90 | ↑ +102% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +113% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +113% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +113% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +113% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $3,725.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,081.00 | ↑ +211% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $6,192.11 | ↑ +279% |
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Bone biopsy open superficial at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $2,854.80 | $2,739.61 – $3,092.70 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $23,202.15 | $9.09 – $5,639.25 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $845.00 | $40.37 – $431.30 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $3,102.00 | $2,739.61 – $3,360.50 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $426.00 | $518.30 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $28,104.37 | $40.37 – $5,612.77 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $6,120.67 | $127.10 – $4,031.99 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $388.80 | $127.10 – $2,516.40 |