Cidofovir injection at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,506.73
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.
$3,587.45
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.
$260.67 with Centene vs $1,477.09 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $260.67 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|BluePrint | $462.52 | ↓ -69% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $486.57 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $496.82 | ↓ -67% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $515.91 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $515.91 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $515.91 | ↓ -66% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $515.91 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $515.91 | ↓ -66% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $526.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $531.39 | ↓ -65% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $541.71 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $541.71 | ↓ -64% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $578.75 | ↓ -62% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $578.75 | ↓ -62% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $578.75 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|HMO | $581.06 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|PPO | $581.06 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|All Other Plans | $616.69 | ↓ -59% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $665.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $665.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $665.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $665.56 | ↓ -56% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $799.37 | ↓ -47% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $892.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $892.93 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $903.63 | ↓ -40% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $910.44 | ↓ -40% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,042.65 | ↓ -31% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,145.32 | ↓ -24% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $1,163.80 | ↓ -23% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,233.81 | ↓ -18% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,294.83 | ↓ -14% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,303.32 | ↓ -14% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,303.32 | ↓ -14% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,355.92 | ↓ -10% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,477.09 | ↓ -2% |
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Cidofovir injection at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,352.09 | $529.38 – $741.13 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $3,403.30 | $436.60 – $3,403.30 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,352.09 | $506.73 – $741.13 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $1,352.09 | $766.18 – $1,645.04 |
| CHI Health Mercy Corning | Corning | $1,721.98 | $581.06 – $1,703.00 |
| CHI Health Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley | $1,757.86 | $581.06 – $1,703.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | not published | $521.83 – $726.90 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | not published | $521.83 – $2,045.35 |