Inj, levothyroxine, freskabi at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$161.49
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.
$384.50
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.
$48.96 with Centene vs $277.40 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 | $48.96 | ↓ -70% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $91.38 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $150.13 | ↓ -7% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $163.18 | ↑ +1% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $163.18 | ↑ +1% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $169.71 | ↑ +5% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $195.81 | ↑ +21% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $231.71 | ↑ +43% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $241.50 | ↑ +50% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $244.77 | ↑ +52% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $244.77 | ↑ +52% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $277.40 | ↑ +72% |
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Inj, levothyroxine, freskabi at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $386.42 | $7.10 – $9.94 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $25.23 | $6.40 – $15.25 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $23.92 | $4.51 – $9.58 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | $23.56 | $6.22 – $15.05 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf | Bettendorf | $22.12 | $6.40 – $13.05 |
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center | Fort Dodge | $18.30 | $6.40 – $19.44 |
| CHI Health Mercy Corning | Corning | $184.56 | $140.34 – $319.83 |
| CHI Health Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley | $188.41 | $114.23 – $319.83 |