External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$43.68
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.
$104.00
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.
$15.60 with Centene vs $105.62 with United — 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 | $15.60 | ↓ -64% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $23.26 | ↓ -47% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.26 | ↓ -47% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $23.71 | ↓ -46% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $23.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $23.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $23.87 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $23.87 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $23.87 | ↓ -45% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $24.35 | ↓ -44% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $24.59 | ↓ -44% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $25.06 | ↓ -43% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $25.06 | ↓ -43% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $29.12 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $47.84 | ↑ +10% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $52.99 | ↑ +21% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $54.08 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $54.08 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $62.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $63.69 | ↑ +46% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $64.25 | ↑ +47% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $67.28 | ↑ +54% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $73.84 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $78.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $80.95 | ↑ +85% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $88.40 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $105.62 | ↑ +142% |
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External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $50.70 | $24.96 – $78.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $61.10 | $35.53 – $105.81 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $50.70 | $22.07 – $78.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $61.10 | $35.93 – $94.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $61.10 | $22.09 – $94.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $61.10 | $48.38 – $98.25 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $78.00 | $15.68 – $78.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $61.10 | $18.89 – $94.00 |