Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$40.74
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.
$97.00
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.
$8.81 with Centene vs $56.10 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|IA Total Care | $8.81 | ↓ -78% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.81 | ↓ -78% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $8.99 | ↓ -78% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -78% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -78% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $9.09 | ↓ -78% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $9.27 | ↓ -77% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $9.36 | ↓ -77% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $9.54 | ↓ -77% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $9.54 | ↓ -77% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $9.90 | ↓ -76% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $17.62 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.45 | ↓ -55% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $18.48 | ↓ -55% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $18.54 | ↓ -54% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $20.18 | ↓ -50% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $30.36 | ↓ -25% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $34.32 | ↓ -16% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $34.32 | ↓ -16% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $39.60 | ↓ -3% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $46.86 | ↑ +15% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $48.84 | ↑ +20% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $49.50 | ↑ +22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $56.10 | ↑ +38% |
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Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $54.00 | $9.09 – $9.09 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $55.00 | $2.69 – $45.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $29.25 | $9.09 – $50.65 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $55.00 | $3.00 – $47.03 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $47.00 | $8.57 – $47.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $55.00 | $3.00 – $47.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $55.00 | $2.69 – $45.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $29.25 | $9.05 – $45.00 |