Boot j walker l at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$118.11
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.
$281.20
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.
$16.83 with Centene vs $389.59 with Medica — 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 | $16.83 | ↓ -86% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $31.42 | ↓ -73% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $51.62 | ↓ -56% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $67.32 | ↓ -43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $79.67 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $83.03 | ↓ -30% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $84.15 | ↓ -29% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $84.15 | ↓ -29% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $84.15 | ↓ -29% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $95.37 | ↓ -19% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $112.20 | ↓ -5% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $114.45 | ↓ -3% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $114.45 | ↓ -3% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $116.69 | ↓ -1% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $372.03 | ↑ +215% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $389.59 | ↑ +230% |
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Boot j walker l at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $84.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $347.24 | $12.05 – $62.18 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $432.50 | $30.06 – $75.92 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $347.24 | $24.18 – $71.99 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $347.24 | $12.40 – $63.66 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $347.24 | $23.77 – $62.18 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $347.24 | $10.78 – $62.18 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $347.24 | $32.00 – $64.99 |