Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$481.74
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.
$1,147.00
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.
$157.27 with Medica vs $3,259.25 with Timpte — 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $157.27 | ↓ -67% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $172.05 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $321.16 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $527.62 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $539.09 | ↑ +12% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $596.44 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $596.44 | ↑ +24% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $657.50 | ↑ +36% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $657.50 | ↑ +36% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $670.39 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +40% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +40% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +40% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +40% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $688.20 | ↑ +43% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $688.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $695.15 | ↑ +44% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $708.64 | ↑ +47% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $708.64 | ↑ +47% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $814.37 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $860.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $974.95 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,422.00 | ↑ +195% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,498.28 | ↑ +211% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,938.00 | ↑ +302% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +488% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +488% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +488% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +577% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +577% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +577% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +577% |
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Injection anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid genicular nerve branches w/guidance (both sides) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $394.20 | not published |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $1,686.75 | $23.10 – $691.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $2,860.65 | $665.02 – $3,576.15 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,688.70 | $347.93 – $1,731.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $2,595.00 | $79.21 – $691.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $1,686.75 | $668.16 – $1,730.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $414.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $414.00 | $503.70 – $2,679.00 |