Ghs chemo >8 hrs at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$275.94
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.
$657.00
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.
$98.55 with Centene vs $717.62 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 | $98.55 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $183.96 | ↓ -33% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $215.19 | ↓ -22% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $239.13 | ↓ -13% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $241.77 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $302.22 | ↑ +10% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $308.79 | ↑ +12% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $308.79 | ↑ +12% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $308.79 | ↑ +12% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $314.91 | ↑ +14% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $314.91 | ↑ +14% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $321.09 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $323.25 | ↑ +17% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $323.25 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $323.25 | ↑ +17% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $323.25 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $323.25 | ↑ +17% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $329.71 | ↑ +19% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $332.95 | ↑ +21% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $339.41 | ↑ +23% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $339.41 | ↑ +23% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $341.64 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $341.64 | ↑ +24% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $354.78 | ↑ +29% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $354.78 | ↑ +29% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $354.78 | ↑ +29% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $354.78 | ↑ +29% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $394.20 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $427.05 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $466.47 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $486.18 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $492.75 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $558.45 | ↑ +102% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $717.62 | ↑ +160% |
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Ghs chemo >8 hrs at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $372.60 | $317.50 – $403.65 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $403.65 | $175.74 – $752.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $531.70 | $164.42 – $818.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $471.25 | $312.65 – $725.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,454.05 | $319.60 – $2,237.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $501.00 | $317.50 – $424.45 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $407.40 | $230.86 – $495.67 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $839.80 | $81.03 – $917.32 |