Contrast exam thoracic aorta at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,914.36
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.
$4,558.00
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.
$300.55 with Medica vs $6,809.69 with AMPS — 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $300.55 | ↓ -84% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $350.88 | ↓ -82% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $367.43 | ↓ -81% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $459.25 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $568.62 | ↓ -70% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $683.70 | ↓ -64% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $799.49 | ↓ -58% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $799.49 | ↓ -58% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $799.49 | ↓ -58% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $919.42 | ↓ -52% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $919.42 | ↓ -52% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $919.42 | ↓ -52% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $919.42 | ↓ -52% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,276.24 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $2,096.68 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,370.16 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,370.16 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,734.80 | ↑ +43% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,988.33 | ↑ +56% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $2,988.33 | ↑ +56% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,046.93 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +60% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +60% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $3,128.78 | ↑ +63% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $3,159.45 | ↑ +65% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $3,220.80 | ↑ +68% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,220.80 | ↑ +68% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,236.18 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $3,418.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,874.30 | ↑ +102% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $6,809.69 | ↑ +256% |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $471.20 | $20.87 – $2,608.88 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $471.20 | $20.87 – $2,767.37 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $471.20 | $20.87 – $3,131.65 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $3,771.61 | $20.87 – $3,032.46 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $471.20 | $20.87 – $47.98 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $471.20 | $20.87 – $3,062.82 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $471.20 | $18.46 – $2,787.49 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf | Bettendorf | $3,648.84 | $20.87 – $2,708.42 |