Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$44.94
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.
$107.00
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.
$16.05 with Centene vs $115.73 with Medica — 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 | $16.05 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $29.96 | ↓ -33% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.88 | ↓ -7% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $46.37 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $49.22 | ↑ +10% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $64.20 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $75.97 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $79.18 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $80.25 | ↑ +79% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $80.25 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $80.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $90.95 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $115.73 | ↑ +158% |
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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $93.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $112.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $112.80 | $63.92 – $64.24 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $297.37 | $21.93 – $195.89 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $411.02 | $21.93 – $411.02 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $344.68 | $21.93 – $173.63 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $444.25 | $21.93 – $163.26 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $160.00 | $19.58 – $47.84 |