Fluoroguide needle placement at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$538.44
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.
$1,282.00
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.
$169.20 with Medica vs $1,089.70 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 | $169.20 | ↓ -69% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $171.87 | ↓ -68% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $192.30 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $212.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $223.67 | ↓ -58% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $234.22 | ↓ -57% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $294.25 | ↓ -45% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $294.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $294.25 | ↓ -45% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $338.39 | ↓ -37% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $338.39 | ↓ -37% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $338.39 | ↓ -37% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $338.39 | ↓ -37% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $358.96 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $589.72 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $666.64 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $666.64 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $769.20 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $910.22 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $961.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,089.70 | ↑ +102% |
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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $193.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $678.60 | $372.71 – $1,044.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $1,372.46 | $3.44 – $766.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $563.55 | $245.36 – $867.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $2,216.50 | $17.25 – $2,421.10 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,070.00 | $215.07 – $1,070.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $3,783.76 | $92.05 – $1,070.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $766.00 | $210.19 – $766.00 |