Erythromycin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$154.62
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.
$368.13
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.
$41.97 with Centene vs $237.83 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|NE Total Care | $41.97 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|BluePrint | $59.26 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|HMO | $77.85 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|PPO | $77.85 | ↓ -50% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $78.35 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|All Other Plans | $79.01 | ↓ -49% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $102.53 | ↓ -34% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $119.44 | ↓ -23% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $119.44 | ↓ -23% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $119.44 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $128.71 | ↓ -17% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $137.35 | ↓ -11% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $137.35 | ↓ -11% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $137.35 | ↓ -11% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $137.35 | ↓ -11% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $145.50 | ↓ -6% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $167.88 | ↑ +9% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $169.64 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $171.82 | ↑ +11% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $179.93 | ↑ +16% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $198.66 | ↑ +28% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $209.85 | ↑ +36% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $209.85 | ↑ +36% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $237.83 | ↑ +54% |
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Erythromycin in ns IV syringe 5 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $190.58 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $908.50 | $44.77 – $490.59 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $125.40 | $49.65 – $125.40 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $908.50 | $47.40 – $141.15 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $908.50 | $35.49 – $125.40 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $125.40 | $47.93 – $125.40 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $125.40 | $29.47 – $125.40 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $125.40 | $64.54 – $131.07 |