Change of ureter tube/stent at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,220.94
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.
$2,907.00
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.
$147.02 with Medica vs $4,432.01 with AMPS — 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 | $147.02 | ↓ -88% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $411.30 | ↓ -66% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $767.76 | ↓ -37% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,124.22 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,261.32 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,288.74 | ↑ +6% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,425.84 | ↑ +17% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,425.84 | ↑ +17% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,645.20 | ↑ +35% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,701.00 | ↑ +39% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,944.92 | ↑ +59% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $1,944.92 | ↑ +59% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,946.82 | ↑ +59% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,983.05 | ↑ +62% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,996.40 | ↑ +64% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $1,996.40 | ↑ +64% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,996.40 | ↑ +64% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,996.40 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,996.40 | ↑ +64% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $2,036.33 | ↑ +67% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $2,056.29 | ↑ +68% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,056.50 | ↑ +68% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $2,096.22 | ↑ +72% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $2,096.22 | ↑ +72% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,322.00 | ↑ +90% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,330.70 | ↑ +91% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +132% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +132% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +132% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +167% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +167% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +167% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +167% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $4,432.01 | ↑ +263% |
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Change of ureter tube/stent at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $6,028.75 | $1,864.28 – $9,275.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,013.12 | $70.86 – $1,697.96 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $196.80 | $70.86 – $1,801.11 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $196.80 | $70.86 – $2,038.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $3,029.76 | $70.86 – $1,973.64 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $196.80 | $70.86 – $186.93 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $1,013.12 | $70.86 – $1,993.39 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $1,724.90 | $63.96 – $1,814.20 |