Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,735.44
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.
$4,132.00
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.
$247.80 with Medica vs $3,230.85 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 | $247.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $408.14 | ↓ -76% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $458.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $520.58 | ↓ -70% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $520.58 | ↓ -70% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $530.78 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $534.35 | ↓ -69% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $534.35 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $534.35 | ↓ -69% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $534.35 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $534.35 | ↓ -69% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $545.04 | ↓ -69% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $550.38 | ↓ -68% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $561.07 | ↓ -68% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $561.07 | ↓ -68% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $570.15 | ↓ -67% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,064.28 | ↓ -39% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,186.26 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,748.46 | ↑ +1% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,786.47 | ↑ +3% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,786.47 | ↑ +3% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,786.47 | ↑ +3% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,976.52 | ↑ +14% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $2,052.54 | ↑ +18% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $2,052.54 | ↑ +18% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $2,052.54 | ↑ +18% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $2,052.54 | ↑ +18% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,280.60 | ↑ +31% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $2,470.65 | ↑ +42% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,698.71 | ↑ +56% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $2,812.74 | ↑ +62% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,850.75 | ↑ +64% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $2,850.75 | ↑ +64% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,230.85 | ↑ +86% |
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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,173.60 | $524.84 – $734.78 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $2,054.65 | $490.22 – $3,161.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $1,946.10 | $503.17 – $2,994.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $3,157.00 | $67.10 – $3,157.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $8,185.85 | $67.10 – $3,157.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,985.10 | $528.71 – $3,054.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,306.20 | $524.84 – $734.78 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $742.00 | $67.10 – $1,055.83 |