Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$78.54
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.
$187.00
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.
$27.45 with Centene vs $182.37 with AMPS — 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 | $27.45 | ↓ -65% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $51.24 | ↓ -35% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $80.03 | ↑ +2% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $80.03 | ↑ +2% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $81.60 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $82.15 | ↑ +5% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $82.15 | ↑ +5% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $82.15 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $82.15 | ↑ +5% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $82.15 | ↑ +5% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $83.79 | ↑ +7% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $84.18 | ↑ +7% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $84.61 | ↑ +8% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $86.26 | ↑ +10% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $86.26 | ↑ +10% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $109.80 | ↑ +40% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $118.95 | ↑ +51% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $129.93 | ↑ +65% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $135.42 | ↑ +72% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $137.25 | ↑ +75% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $137.25 | ↑ +75% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $137.25 | ↑ +75% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $155.55 | ↑ +98% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $182.37 | ↑ +132% |
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Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $157.20 | $80.68 – $112.96 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $148.20 | $75.50 – $306.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $144.95 | $84.29 – $251.01 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $154.70 | $67.35 – $314.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $144.95 | $85.23 – $223.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $148.20 | $53.58 – $403.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $144.95 | $114.78 – $233.08 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $249.00 | $50.05 – $546.00 |