Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,535.52
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.
$3,656.00
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.
$499.05 with Centene vs $12,765.09 with Timpte — 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 | $499.05 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $624.67 | ↓ -59% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $931.56 | ↓ -39% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,364.07 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,530.42 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,563.69 | ↑ +2% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,730.04 | ↑ +13% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,730.04 | ↑ +13% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,996.20 | ↑ +30% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,362.17 | ↑ +54% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,495.25 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,827.95 | ↑ +84% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,350.61 | ↑ +118% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $3,350.61 | ↑ +118% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,416.31 | ↑ +122% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,439.28 | ↑ +124% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $3,439.28 | ↑ +124% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,439.28 | ↑ +124% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,439.28 | ↑ +124% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,439.28 | ↑ +124% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $3,508.07 | ↑ +128% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $3,542.46 | ↑ +131% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,611.24 | ↑ +135% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $3,611.24 | ↑ +135% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $4,801.00 | ↑ +213% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,546.00 | ↑ +326% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $7,635.20 | ↑ +397% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +623% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +623% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +623% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +731% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +731% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +731% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +731% |
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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $3,913.80 | $3,378.09 – $4,239.95 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $3,123.25 | $1,715.39 – $7,153.96 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $10,685.00 | $2,147.69 – $10,685.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $6,945.25 | $2,147.69 – $10,685.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $5,762.25 | $2,269.44 – $8,865.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $4,520.40 | $3,378.09 – $4,729.32 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $4,520.40 | $2,561.56 – $5,499.82 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $1,916.85 | $693.02 – $6,918.39 |