Inj, etelcalcetide, 0.1 mg at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$343.35
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.
$817.50
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.
$3.93 with Wellmark vs $347.44 with MultiPlan — 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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| Wellmark | Commercial|HMO | $3.93 | ↓ -99% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|PPO | $3.93 | ↓ -99% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $7.50 | ↓ -98% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $7.79 | ↓ -98% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7.86 | ↓ -98% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $8.11 | ↓ -98% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $61.32 | ↓ -82% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $114.45 | ↓ -67% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $188.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $212.55 | ↓ -38% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $245.25 | ↓ -29% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $290.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $306.57 | ↓ -11% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $306.57 | ↓ -11% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $347.44 | ↑ +1% |
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Inj, etelcalcetide, 0.1 mg at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $1,083.90 | $66.52 – $541.95 |
| CHI Health Mercy Corning | Corning | $392.40 | $3.93 – $400.58 |
| CHI Health Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley | $400.58 | $3.93 – $400.58 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | not published | $3.36 – $4.13 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | not published | $3.36 – $11.20 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | not published | $3.36 – $4.13 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | not published | $3.36 – $4.13 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | not published | $3.36 – $4.13 |