Critical care each additional 30 minutes at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$517.86
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.
$1,233.00
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.
$184.95 with Centene vs $2,302.00 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 | $184.95 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $203.66 | ↓ -61% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $345.24 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $567.18 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $641.16 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $641.16 | ↑ +24% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $701.00 | ↑ +35% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $739.80 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $847.00 | ↑ +64% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $875.43 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $924.75 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,048.05 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,689.00 | ↑ +226% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,302.00 | ↑ +345% |
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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $483.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $336.70 | $56.25 – $518.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $325.00 | $63.90 – $293.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $325.00 | $110.75 – $329.80 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $793.00 | $345.26 – $1,453.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $325.00 | $108.20 – $293.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $469.30 | $169.67 – $722.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $325.00 | $94.09 – $306.24 |