Chest apical lordotic proj at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$271.32
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.
$646.00
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.
$55.06 with Medica vs $368.90 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 | $55.06 | ↓ -80% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $65.10 | ↓ -76% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $81.52 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $83.59 | ↓ -69% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $83.59 | ↓ -69% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $85.23 | ↓ -69% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.37 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $85.81 | ↓ -68% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $85.81 | ↓ -68% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $85.81 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $85.81 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $85.81 | ↓ -68% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $87.53 | ↓ -68% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $88.38 | ↓ -67% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $90.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $90.10 | ↓ -67% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $121.52 | ↓ -55% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $190.50 | ↓ -30% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $199.64 | ↓ -26% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $225.68 | ↓ -17% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $225.68 | ↓ -17% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $260.40 | ↓ -4% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $308.14 | ↑ +14% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $325.50 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $325.50 | ↑ +20% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $325.50 | ↑ +20% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $368.90 | ↑ +36% |
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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $201.00 | $84.28 – $118.00 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $271.70 | $78.07 – $418.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $252.85 | $147.04 – $437.86 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $228.15 | $70.55 – $351.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $63.05 | $24.83 – $195.48 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $219.60 | $84.28 – $118.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $219.60 | $124.44 – $267.18 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $145.10 | $12.13 – $95.58 |