Cathj umbilical vein dx/ther nb at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$293.58
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.
$699.00
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.
$83.55 with Centene vs $12,765.09 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 | $83.55 | ↓ -72% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $101.85 | ↓ -65% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $155.96 | ↓ -47% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $256.22 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $261.79 | ↓ -11% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $334.20 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $363.48 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $363.48 | ↑ +24% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $395.47 | ↑ +35% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $417.75 | ↑ +42% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $454.35 | ↑ +55% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $473.45 | ↑ +61% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $953.00 | ↑ +225% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +343% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +3681% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +3681% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +3681% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +4248% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +4248% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +4248% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +4248% |
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Cathj umbilical vein dx/ther nb at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $200.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $184.00 | $14.38 – $184.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $177.45 | $54.87 – $273.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $184.00 | $16.51 – $139.01 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $210.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $210.60 | $256.23 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $207.31 | $47.81 – $136.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $214.18 | $47.81 – $214.18 |