Brace ortho exos 28-50in sm at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$613.75
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.
$1,461.30
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.
$219.20 with Centene vs $2,926.31 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 | $219.20 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $409.17 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $672.20 | ↑ +10% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $876.78 | ↑ +43% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $1,000.26 | ↑ +63% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,000.26 | ↑ +63% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,019.88 | ↑ +66% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,037.53 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,081.37 | ↑ +76% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,095.98 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,095.98 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,095.98 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,242.11 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $1,461.30 | ↑ +138% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $2,794.47 | ↑ +355% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,926.31 | ↑ +377% |
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Brace ortho exos 28-50in sm at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $243.55 | $70.95 – $366.09 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $303.35 | $180.52 – $455.98 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $243.55 | $138.38 – $412.07 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $243.55 | $70.95 – $366.09 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $246.58 | $139.92 – $366.09 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $243.55 | $63.48 – $366.09 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $243.55 | $188.43 – $382.64 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $374.69 | $59.75 – $366.09 |