Contrast x-ray of wrist at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$395.22
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.
$941.00
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.
$141.15 with Centene vs $799.85 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 | $141.15 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $204.52 | ↓ -48% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $205.68 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $254.66 | ↓ -36% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $260.56 | ↓ -34% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $263.48 | ↓ -33% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $272.85 | ↓ -31% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $339.07 | ↓ -14% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $339.07 | ↓ -14% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $345.72 | ↓ -13% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↓ -12% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↓ -12% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↓ -12% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $355.00 | ↓ -10% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $358.25 | ↓ -9% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $358.25 | ↓ -9% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $358.25 | ↓ -9% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $358.48 | ↓ -9% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $365.44 | ↓ -8% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $365.44 | ↓ -8% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $411.98 | ↑ +4% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $411.98 | ↑ +4% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $411.98 | ↑ +4% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $411.98 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $432.86 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $489.32 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $489.32 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $564.60 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $668.11 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $705.75 | ↑ +79% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $772.65 | ↑ +95% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $799.85 | ↑ +102% |
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Contrast x-ray of wrist at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $369.60 | $341.85 – $478.59 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $1,357.20 | $321.26 – $1,392.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $950.95 | $229.13 – $975.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $2,558.00 | $329.29 – $1,705.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,482.00 | $337.57 – $1,520.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $412.20 | $341.85 – $478.59 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $998.40 | $240.64 – $1,024.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $602.68 | $24.85 – $397.02 |