Brain image w/flow < 4 views at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$620.76
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.
$1,478.00
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.
$221.70 with Centene vs $1,256.30 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $221.70 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $333.14 | ↓ -46% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $381.51 | ↓ -39% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $381.51 | ↓ -39% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $386.51 | ↓ -38% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $388.99 | ↓ -37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $391.61 | ↓ -37% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $391.61 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $391.61 | ↓ -37% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $391.61 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $391.61 | ↓ -37% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $399.44 | ↓ -36% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $403.36 | ↓ -35% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $404.74 | ↓ -35% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $411.19 | ↓ -34% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $411.19 | ↓ -34% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $413.84 | ↓ -33% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $523.10 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $647.68 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $679.88 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $768.56 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $768.56 | ↑ +24% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $869.37 | ↑ +40% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $886.80 | ↑ +43% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $902.50 | ↑ +45% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $902.50 | ↑ +45% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $902.50 | ↑ +45% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,037.88 | ↑ +67% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,037.88 | ↑ +67% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,037.88 | ↑ +67% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,037.88 | ↑ +67% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,049.38 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,108.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,256.30 | ↑ +102% |
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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $1,226.55 | $443.45 – $1,887.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $474.40 | $21.81 – $333.07 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $474.40 | $21.81 – $353.30 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $2,647.19 | $21.81 – $1,333.52 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $782.13 | $21.81 – $387.14 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $474.40 | $21.81 – $49.68 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $474.40 | $21.81 – $391.02 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $1,497.39 | $18.72 – $1,081.86 |