CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,388.10
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.
$3,305.00
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.
$169.01 with Amerigroup vs $2,809.25 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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| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $169.01 | ↓ -88% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $169.01 | ↓ -88% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $172.33 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↓ -88% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↓ -88% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $173.49 | ↓ -88% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $176.96 | ↓ -87% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $178.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $182.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $182.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $285.43 | ↓ -79% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $385.15 | ↓ -72% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $444.24 | ↓ -68% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $465.20 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $495.75 | ↓ -64% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $541.89 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $670.94 | ↓ -52% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $925.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $937.24 | ↓ -32% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $937.24 | ↓ -32% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $937.24 | ↓ -32% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,077.83 | ↓ -22% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,077.83 | ↓ -22% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,077.83 | ↓ -22% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,077.83 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,520.30 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,718.60 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,718.60 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,983.00 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,346.55 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,478.75 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,809.25 | ↑ +102% |
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CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,222.80 | $170.40 – $238.57 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $1,641.90 | $157.36 – $2,526.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $2,518.75 | $161.52 – $3,875.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $1,707.55 | $165.25 – $2,627.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $4,942.00 | $165.56 – $4,942.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,792.70 | $165.56 – $2,758.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $1,970.15 | $166.03 – $3,031.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,858.35 | $169.72 – $2,859.00 |