Injection, glucarpidase at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$86,465.40
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.
$205,870.00
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.
$384.80 with Wellmark vs $174,989.50 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|PPO | $384.80 | ↓ -100% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|HMO | $384.80 | ↓ -100% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $30,880.50 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $57,643.60 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $94,700.20 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $102,935.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $102,935.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $107,052.40 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $123,522.00 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $146,167.70 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $152,343.80 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $154,402.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $154,402.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $174,989.50 | ↑ +102% |
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Injection, glucarpidase at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Mercy Corning | Corning | $98,817.60 | $384.80 – $201,752.60 |
| CHI Health Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley | $100,876.30 | $384.80 – $201,752.60 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | not published | $411.74 – $411.74 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | not published | $411.74 – $411.74 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | not published | $411.74 – $411.74 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | not published | $411.74 – $411.74 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | not published | $411.74 – $411.74 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | not published | $411.74 – $411.74 |