Ghs polysom <6 yrs 4/> parameters at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$817.32
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.
$1,946.00
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.
$291.90 with Centene vs $4,181.57 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $291.90 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $544.88 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $895.16 | ↑ +10% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $965.95 | ↑ +18% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $965.95 | ↑ +18% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $984.89 | ↑ +21% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $991.51 | ↑ +21% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $991.51 | ↑ +21% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $991.51 | ↑ +21% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $991.51 | ↑ +21% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $991.51 | ↑ +21% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $1,011.34 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,011.92 | ↑ +24% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $1,021.26 | ↑ +25% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $1,041.09 | ↑ +27% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,041.09 | ↑ +27% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,167.60 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,264.90 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,381.66 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,440.04 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,459.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,459.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,608.85 | ↑ +97% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $1,612.72 | ↑ +97% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,654.10 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,807.49 | ↑ +121% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,201.15 | ↑ +169% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,636.15 | ↑ +345% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,636.15 | ↑ +345% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,636.15 | ↑ +345% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $4,181.57 | ↑ +412% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $4,181.57 | ↑ +412% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $4,181.57 | ↑ +412% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $4,181.57 | ↑ +412% |
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Ghs polysom <6 yrs 4/> parameters at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $2,840.40 | $973.87 – $1,363.41 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $5,254.60 | $77.11 – $8,084.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $3,161.40 | $973.87 – $1,363.41 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $3,161.40 | $305.87 – $1,791.46 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,924.00 | $112.90 – $843.29 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $1,924.00 | $112.90 – $894.52 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $1,924.00 | $112.90 – $1,012.27 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $4,278.42 | $112.90 – $1,572.32 |