Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$89.46
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.
$213.00
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.
$23.70 with Centene vs $1,302.00 with Medica — 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 | $23.70 | ↓ -74% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $44.24 | ↓ -51% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $56.32 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $72.68 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $74.26 | ↓ -17% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $82.16 | ↓ -8% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $82.16 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $94.80 | ↑ +6% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $112.18 | ↑ +25% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $118.50 | ↑ +32% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $122.39 | ↑ +37% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $122.39 | ↑ +37% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.79 | ↑ +39% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $125.62 | ↑ +40% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $125.62 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $125.62 | ↑ +40% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $125.62 | ↑ +40% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $125.62 | ↑ +40% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $128.13 | ↑ +43% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $129.39 | ↑ +45% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $131.90 | ↑ +47% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $131.90 | ↑ +47% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $134.30 | ↑ +50% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $278.88 | ↑ +212% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $953.00 | ↑ +965% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +1355% |
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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $83.40 | $90.35 – $123.39 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $210.60 | $91.69 – $324.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $306.80 | $180.40 – $472.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $197.60 | $71.44 – $304.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $306.80 | $242.94 – $493.33 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $486.20 | $125.59 – $748.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $306.80 | $125.94 – $472.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $228.80 | $90.11 – $352.00 |