Drain cath image guided visceral pq at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,602.72
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.
$3,816.00
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.
$363.49 with Medica vs $3,505.42 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 | $363.49 | ↓ -77% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $572.40 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,068.48 | ↓ -33% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,538.30 | ↓ -4% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $1,538.30 | ↓ -4% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,564.56 | ↓ -2% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,568.47 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,579.02 | ↓ -1% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $1,579.02 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,579.02 | ↓ -1% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,579.02 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,579.02 | ↓ -1% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $1,610.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $1,626.39 | ↑ +1% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,657.97 | ↑ +3% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $1,657.97 | ↑ +3% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,701.00 | ↑ +6% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,755.36 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,793.52 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,984.32 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,984.32 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,289.60 | ↑ +43% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,322.00 | ↑ +45% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,709.36 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,862.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +89% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +89% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +89% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,243.60 | ↑ +102% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +118% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +118% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +118% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +118% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,505.42 | ↑ +119% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,765.80 | $1,550.93 – $1,807.65 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $572.00 | $114.97 – $3,206.43 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $371.80 | $114.97 – $3,206.43 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $5,241.60 | $1,598.08 – $8,064.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,927.20 | $1,550.93 – $2,087.80 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $2,195.05 | $793.60 – $4,235.59 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $2,999.34 | $174.28 – $1,975.81 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $2,888.03 | $174.28 – $2,888.02 |