Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,431.36
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.
$3,408.00
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.
$205.61 with Medica vs $2,896.80 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $205.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $511.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $621.29 | ↓ -57% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $621.29 | ↓ -57% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $633.47 | ↓ -56% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $637.73 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $637.73 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $637.73 | ↓ -55% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $637.73 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $637.73 | ↓ -55% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $650.48 | ↓ -55% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $656.86 | ↓ -54% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $669.62 | ↓ -53% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $669.62 | ↓ -53% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $954.24 | ↓ -33% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,415.76 | ↓ -1% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,422.00 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,567.68 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,601.76 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,772.16 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,938.00 | ↑ +35% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,044.80 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $2,215.20 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,419.68 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,556.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,556.00 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,896.80 | ↑ +102% |
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Cardioversion elective electrical conversion arrhythmia external at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $650.40 | $626.39 – $704.60 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $3,925.97 | $2.46 – $1,989.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $1,225.90 | $746.67 – $1,886.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $4,912.70 | $9.09 – $2,184.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $1,096.55 | $396.45 – $1,687.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $2,455.00 | $60.49 – $2,455.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $4,473.35 | $60.49 – $3,060.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $1,886.00 | $103.20 – $483.00 |