Cath left heart/lv gram at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$4,317.18
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.
$10,279.00
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.
$1,235.68 with Medica vs $14,441.69 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 | $1,235.68 | ↓ -71% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $1,541.85 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $2,878.12 | ↓ -33% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,053.77 | ↓ -29% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $3,053.77 | ↓ -29% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,113.65 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,134.58 | ↓ -27% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $3,134.58 | ↓ -27% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,134.58 | ↓ -27% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,134.58 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,134.58 | ↓ -27% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $3,197.27 | ↓ -26% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $3,228.62 | ↓ -25% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $3,291.31 | ↓ -24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,291.31 | ↓ -24% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $4,214.39 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $4,728.34 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $4,831.13 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $5,345.08 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $6,167.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $6,209.00 | ↑ +44% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $6,958.77 | ↑ +61% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $7,298.09 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $7,709.25 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $7,709.25 | ↑ +79% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,467.00 | ↑ +96% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,737.15 | ↑ +102% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $12,557.99 | ↑ +191% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $12,557.99 | ↑ +191% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $12,557.99 | ↑ +191% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +235% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +235% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +235% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +235% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $6,744.00 | $3,078.81 – $4,310.34 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $5,893.55 | $2,908.49 – $9,067.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $29,584.00 | $3,060.01 – $29,584.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $19,229.60 | $3,060.01 – $29,584.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $49,209.40 | $2.88 – $8,010.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $8,497.80 | $3,078.81 – $4,310.34 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $3,529.50 | $73.70 – $6,264.37 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $7,923.88 | $203.90 – $5,219.85 |