Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$89.88
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.
$214.00
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.
$32.10 with Centene vs $214.00 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 |
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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $32.10 | ↓ -64% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $34.01 | ↓ -62% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.01 | ↓ -62% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.67 | ↓ -61% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $35.09 | ↓ -61% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $35.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $36.14 | ↓ -60% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $36.84 | ↓ -59% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $36.84 | ↓ -59% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $59.92 | ↓ -33% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $67.47 | ↓ -25% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $72.15 | ↓ -20% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $75.55 | ↓ -16% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $77.90 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $98.44 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $111.28 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $111.28 | ↑ +24% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $113.12 | ↑ +26% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $128.40 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $147.60 | ↑ +64% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $151.94 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $160.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $181.90 | ↑ +102% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $214.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $214.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $214.00 | ↑ +138% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $214.00 | ↑ +138% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $214.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $214.00 | ↑ +138% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $214.00 | ↑ +138% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $164.40 | $35.09 – $35.09 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $171.60 | $34.01 – $264.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $181.35 | $110.46 – $279.00 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $181.35 | $37.20 – $314.04 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $130.00 | $34.01 – $200.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $181.35 | $106.63 – $279.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $156.00 | $34.01 – $240.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $181.35 | $35.09 – $291.61 |