Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$755.54
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.
$1,798.90
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.
$269.84 with Centene vs $3,651.98 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 | $269.84 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $503.70 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $827.50 | ↑ +10% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,079.34 | ↑ +43% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $1,248.71 | ↑ +65% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,248.71 | ↑ +65% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,273.20 | ↑ +69% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,277.22 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,331.19 | ↑ +76% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,349.18 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,349.18 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,349.18 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,529.07 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $1,798.90 | ↑ +138% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $3,487.45 | ↑ +362% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,651.98 | ↑ +383% |
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Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $405.55 | $222.74 – $623.93 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $505.14 | $307.67 – $777.14 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $405.55 | $235.85 – $702.30 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $405.55 | $176.57 – $623.93 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $405.76 | $238.58 – $624.24 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $406.05 | $146.80 – $624.69 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $405.55 | $321.14 – $652.13 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $624.24 | $125.47 – $624.24 |