Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$64.68
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.
$154.00
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.
$15.77 with Medica vs $130.90 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $15.77 | ↓ -76% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $23.10 | ↓ -64% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $35.09 | ↓ -46% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $35.09 | ↓ -46% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $35.09 | ↓ -46% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $40.35 | ↓ -38% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $40.35 | ↓ -38% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $40.35 | ↓ -38% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $40.35 | ↓ -38% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $43.12 | ↓ -33% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $57.44 | ↓ -11% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $60.15 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $70.84 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $80.08 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $80.08 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $92.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $100.10 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $109.34 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $115.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $115.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $130.90 | ↑ +102% |
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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation each separate additional episode same site at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $90.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $61.00 | $7.68 – $61.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $93.60 | $8.13 – $144.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $217.00 | $8.13 – $217.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $141.05 | $8.13 – $217.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $139.00 | $27.32 – $139.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $90.35 | $27.32 – $139.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $155.35 | $8.13 – $239.00 |