Brain image w/flow 4 + views at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$640.08
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.
$1,524.00
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.
$228.60 with Centene vs $1,524.00 with One World — 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 | $228.60 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $426.72 | ↓ -33% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $511.05 | ↓ -20% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $511.05 | ↓ -20% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $512.00 | ↓ -20% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $521.07 | ↓ -19% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $524.58 | ↓ -18% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $524.58 | ↓ -18% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $524.58 | ↓ -18% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $524.58 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $524.58 | ↓ -18% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $535.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $540.32 | ↓ -16% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $550.81 | ↓ -14% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $550.81 | ↓ -14% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $580.41 | ↓ -9% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $607.79 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $701.04 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $792.48 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $792.48 | ↑ +24% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $822.70 | ↑ +29% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $914.40 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,018.62 | ↑ +59% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,082.04 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,143.00 | ↑ +79% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,164.57 | ↑ +82% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,295.40 | ↑ +102% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,434.59 | ↑ +124% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,434.59 | ↑ +124% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,434.59 | ↑ +124% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,524.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,524.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,524.00 | ↑ +138% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,524.00 | ↑ +138% |
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Brain image w/flow 4 + views at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $803.40 | $515.24 – $721.34 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,163.50 | $359.79 – $1,790.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,222.00 | $481.28 – $1,880.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $843.60 | $515.24 – $721.34 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $947.48 | $27.64 – $624.15 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $1,003.73 | $27.64 – $1,003.73 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $732.80 | $27.64 – $535.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $1,309.53 | $27.64 – $518.60 |