Ghs ot prosthetic training/15 min at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$16.38
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.
$39.00
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.
$5.85 with Centene vs $190.00 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 | $5.85 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $10.92 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $17.94 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $23.40 | ↑ +43% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $23.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $23.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $24.86 | ↑ +52% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $24.86 | ↑ +52% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $25.34 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $27.69 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $29.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $33.15 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $39.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $73.07 | ↑ +346% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $82.10 | ↑ +401% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $158.00 | ↑ +865% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $190.00 | ↑ +1060% |
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Ghs ot prosthetic training/15 min at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $59.40 | $52.32 – $52.32 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $66.30 | $20.50 – $189.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $68.90 | $24.86 – $106.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $74.75 | $22.27 – $350.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $66.60 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $66.60 | $37.74 – $56.21 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $102.05 | $24.86 – $301.50 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $111.52 | $38.18 – $73.46 |