Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$74.67
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.
$177.78
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.
$14.93 with Centene vs $84.58 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $14.93 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|BluePrint | $25.93 | ↓ -65% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $27.86 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|All Other Plans | $34.57 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|PPO | $35.14 | ↓ -53% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|HMO | $35.14 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $42.17 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $45.77 | ↓ -39% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $49.13 | ↓ -34% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $49.13 | ↓ -34% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $49.13 | ↓ -34% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $51.74 | ↓ -31% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $56.50 | ↓ -24% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $56.50 | ↓ -24% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $56.50 | ↓ -24% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $56.50 | ↓ -24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $59.70 | ↓ -20% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $62.13 | ↓ -17% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $65.06 | ↓ -13% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $70.65 | ↓ -5% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $74.17 | ↓ -1% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $74.63 | ↓ -0% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $74.63 | ↓ -0% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $84.58 | ↑ +13% |
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Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $77.55 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $178.80 | $63.83 – $178.80 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $178.80 | $67.59 – $201.26 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $30.55 | $6.14 – $37.06 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $178.80 | $6.14 – $37.06 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $178.80 | $49.06 – $178.80 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $178.80 | $7.82 – $107.28 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $65.56 | not published |