Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic single level at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$796.74
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.
$1,897.00
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.
$200.80 with Medica vs $3,259.25 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 | $200.80 | ↓ -75% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $284.55 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $531.16 | ↓ -33% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $777.77 | ↓ -2% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $845.27 | ↑ +6% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $845.27 | ↑ +6% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $861.85 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $867.64 | ↑ +9% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $867.64 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $867.64 | ↑ +9% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $867.64 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $867.64 | ↑ +9% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $872.62 | ↑ +10% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $884.99 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $891.59 | ↑ +12% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $893.67 | ↑ +12% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $911.02 | ↑ +14% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $911.02 | ↑ +14% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $986.44 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $986.44 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,138.20 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,346.87 | ↑ +69% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,422.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,422.75 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,612.45 | ↑ +102% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,926.16 | ↑ +142% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,938.00 | ↑ +143% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +256% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +256% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +256% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +309% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +309% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +309% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +309% |
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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic single level at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,413.00 | $803.40 – $852.20 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $5,856.90 | $0.50 – $2,982.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $2,281.50 | $662.22 – $2,340.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $4,316.00 | $833.27 – $4,427.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $6,594.25 | $834.84 – $6,763.00 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $4,473.00 | $30.04 – $597.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $2,907.45 | $837.21 – $2,982.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,632.60 | $852.20 – $1,179.10 |