I131 iodide cap, rx at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$29.82
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.
$71.00
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.
$10.65 with Centene vs $92.23 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 | $10.65 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $19.88 | ↓ -33% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|PPO | $21.34 | ↓ -28% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|HMO | $21.34 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $22.54 | ↓ -24% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $22.54 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $22.54 | ↓ -24% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $22.54 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $22.54 | ↓ -24% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $22.99 | ↓ -23% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $23.22 | ↓ -22% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $23.67 | ↓ -21% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $23.67 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $32.66 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $36.92 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $36.92 | ↑ +24% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $38.16 | ↑ +28% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $42.60 | ↑ +43% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $50.04 | ↑ +68% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $50.41 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $53.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $60.35 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $71.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $88.08 | ↑ +195% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $92.23 | ↑ +209% |
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I131 iodide cap, rx at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $324.60 | $23.13 – $32.38 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $341.40 | $22.14 – $32.38 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $43.20 | $24.48 – $52.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $97.90 | $23.13 – $79.17 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $424.54 | $23.13 – $188.89 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $97.90 | $23.13 – $97.65 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $74.31 | $23.13 – $60.37 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf | Bettendorf | $56.84 | $19.25 – $37.44 |