Drug of abuse screen urine at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$83.16
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.
$198.00
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.
$12.21 with Centene vs $168.30 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|IA Total Care | $12.21 | ↓ -85% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.21 | ↓ -85% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $12.45 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -85% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -85% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -85% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $12.85 | ↓ -85% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $12.98 | ↓ -84% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $13.23 | ↓ -84% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $13.23 | ↓ -84% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $23.96 | ↓ -71% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $25.91 | ↓ -69% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $27.13 | ↓ -67% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $27.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $29.70 | ↓ -64% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $35.15 | ↓ -58% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $45.86 | ↓ -45% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $55.44 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $91.08 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $102.96 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $102.96 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $118.80 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $140.58 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $148.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $168.30 | ↑ +102% |
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Drug of abuse screen urine at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $138.60 | $12.60 – $12.60 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $28.00 | $8.98 – $27.49 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $168.00 | $46.10 – $168.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $72.15 | $8.98 – $111.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $12.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $12.60 | $7.14 – $15.33 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $113.75 | $8.98 – $124.25 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $72.14 | $7.56 – $47.52 |