Ghs pacing - transcutaneous at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$149.10
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.
$355.00
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.
$1.53 with Medica vs $1,938.00 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $1.53 | ↓ -99% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $50.25 | ↓ -66% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $93.80 | ↓ -37% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $137.35 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $154.10 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $157.45 | ↑ +6% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $174.20 | ↑ +17% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $201.00 | ↑ +35% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $237.85 | ↑ +60% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $251.25 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $251.25 | ↑ +69% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $284.75 | ↑ +91% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $621.29 | ↑ +317% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $621.29 | ↑ +317% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $633.47 | ↑ +325% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $637.73 | ↑ +328% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $637.73 | ↑ +328% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $637.73 | ↑ +328% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $637.73 | ↑ +328% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $637.73 | ↑ +328% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $650.48 | ↑ +336% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $656.86 | ↑ +341% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $669.62 | ↑ +349% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $669.62 | ↑ +349% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,415.76 | ↑ +850% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,422.00 | ↑ +854% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,938.00 | ↑ +1200% |
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Ghs pacing - transcutaneous at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $400.80 | $434.20 – $626.39 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $1,275.95 | $592.96 – $1,963.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $981.50 | $303.51 – $1,510.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $550.55 | $216.83 – $1,431.92 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $484.20 | $524.55 – $626.39 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $484.20 | $75.92 – $274.38 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $954.99 | $0.77 – $629.10 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $637.44 | $0.77 – $637.44 |