Eeg without vid 2-12hr cont mntr at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$209.58
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.
$499.00
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.
$74.85 with Centene vs $910.83 with Medica — 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|NE Total Care | $74.85 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $139.72 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $229.54 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $259.48 | ↑ +24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $295.65 | ↑ +41% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $295.65 | ↑ +41% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $299.40 | ↑ +43% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $301.44 | ↑ +44% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↑ +45% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↑ +45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↑ +45% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↑ +45% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $309.55 | ↑ +48% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $312.58 | ↑ +49% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $318.65 | ↑ +52% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $318.65 | ↑ +52% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $324.35 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $354.29 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $369.26 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $374.25 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $374.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $424.15 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $499.00 | ↑ +138% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $673.73 | ↑ +221% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $869.79 | ↑ +315% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $910.83 | ↑ +335% |
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Eeg without vid 2-12hr cont mntr at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $551.85 | $170.65 – $1,068.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $526.57 | $258.11 – $445.50 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $1,067.55 | $273.79 – $1,067.54 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $1,021.01 | $296.45 – $796.39 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $1,092.48 | $296.45 – $591.30 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $526.57 | $230.37 – $525.25 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $516.80 | $167.96 – $464.92 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf | Bettendorf | $1,124.01 | $267.96 – $740.44 |