Connect omega .5mm at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$410.95
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.
$978.45
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.
$36.04 with Centene vs $667.77 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 | $36.04 | ↓ -91% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $67.27 | ↓ -84% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $69.67 | ↓ -83% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $69.67 | ↓ -83% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $69.67 | ↓ -83% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $79.28 | ↓ -81% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $79.28 | ↓ -81% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $79.28 | ↓ -81% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $79.28 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $110.51 | ↓ -73% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $144.14 | ↓ -65% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $170.56 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $177.77 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $180.17 | ↓ -56% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $180.17 | ↓ -56% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $180.17 | ↓ -56% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $204.19 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $240.22 | ↓ -42% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $637.69 | ↑ +55% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $667.77 | ↑ +62% |
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Connect omega .5mm at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,024.20 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,024.20 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $1,024.20 | $298.52 – $640.94 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $573.90 | $162.57 – $573.90 |
| CHI Health Mercy Corning | Corning | $469.66 | $103.30 – $235.42 |
| CHI Health Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley | $479.45 | $84.08 – $235.42 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | not published | $162.57 – $413.69 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | not published | $162.57 – $432.08 |