Incisn windpipe at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,986.60
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.
$4,730.00
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.
$558.12 with Medica vs $7,016.47 with AMPS — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $558.12 | ↓ -72% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $624.45 | ↓ -69% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,165.64 | ↓ -41% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,706.83 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,914.98 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,956.61 | ↓ -2% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,164.76 | ↑ +9% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,164.76 | ↑ +9% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,497.80 | ↑ +26% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,955.73 | ↑ +49% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +53% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +53% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +53% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,079.07 | ↑ +55% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $3,079.07 | ↑ +55% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $3,122.25 | ↑ +57% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,139.45 | ↑ +58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,160.57 | ↑ +59% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $3,160.57 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,160.57 | ↑ +59% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,160.57 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,160.57 | ↑ +59% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $3,223.78 | ↑ +62% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $3,255.39 | ↑ +64% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $3,318.60 | ↑ +67% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,318.60 | ↑ +67% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +76% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +76% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +76% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +76% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,538.55 | ↑ +78% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $3,725.00 | ↑ +88% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,081.00 | ↑ +156% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $7,016.47 | ↑ +253% |
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Incisn windpipe at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $734.40 | not published |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,201.00 | $12.01 – $107.20 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,201.00 | $12.01 – $107.20 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $771.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $771.00 | $928.00 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $1,201.00 | $12.01 – $107.20 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $6,557.62 | $268.46 – $4,319.83 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $760.80 | $268.46 – $2,851.40 |