Catheter stripping venous at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,698.90
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.
$4,045.00
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.
$336.36 with Medica vs $10,563.53 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 | $336.36 | ↓ -80% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $606.75 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,132.60 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,860.70 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,901.15 | ↑ +12% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,103.40 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,103.40 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,427.00 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,871.95 | ↑ +69% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $2,988.33 | ↑ +76% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,988.33 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $3,033.75 | ↑ +79% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,046.93 | ↑ +79% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +81% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +81% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +81% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +81% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $3,128.78 | ↑ +84% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $3,159.45 | ↑ +86% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $3,220.80 | ↑ +90% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,220.80 | ↑ +90% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,438.25 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $4,801.00 | ↑ +183% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,546.00 | ↑ +285% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $6,809.69 | ↑ +301% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $9,185.68 | ↑ +441% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $9,185.68 | ↑ +441% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $9,185.68 | ↑ +441% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,563.53 | ↑ +522% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,563.53 | ↑ +522% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,563.53 | ↑ +522% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,563.53 | ↑ +522% |
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Catheter stripping venous at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $2,310.00 | $2,502.50 – $3,012.85 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $16,585.87 | $0.96 – $8,026.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $2,668.20 | $2,890.55 – $3,012.85 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $647.40 | $787.67 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $3,157.54 | $161.02 – $2,608.88 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $1,540.00 | $161.02 – $2,767.37 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $1,540.00 | $161.02 – $3,131.65 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $4,428.11 | $161.02 – $3,032.46 |