Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$2,059.68
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.
$4,904.00
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.
$377.94 with Medica vs $7,635.20 with AMPS — 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 | $377.94 | ↓ -82% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $610.65 | ↓ -70% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,139.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,669.11 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,872.66 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,913.37 | ↓ -7% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,116.92 | ↑ +3% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,116.92 | ↑ +3% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,442.60 | ↑ +19% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,890.41 | ↑ +40% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +47% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +47% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +47% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $3,053.25 | ↑ +48% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,350.61 | ↑ +63% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $3,350.61 | ↑ +63% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,416.31 | ↑ +66% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,439.28 | ↑ +67% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $3,439.28 | ↑ +67% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,439.28 | ↑ +67% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,439.28 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,439.28 | ↑ +67% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,460.35 | ↑ +68% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +69% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +69% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +69% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +69% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $3,508.07 | ↑ +70% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $3,542.46 | ↑ +72% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $3,611.24 | ↑ +75% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,611.24 | ↑ +75% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $4,801.00 | ↑ +133% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,546.00 | ↑ +218% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $7,635.20 | ↑ +271% |
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Insertion catheter pleural indwelling tunneled with cuff at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $3,913.80 | $3,378.09 – $4,239.95 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $11,750.97 | $3.87 – $7,153.96 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $602.55 | $167.97 – $927.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $1,320.00 | $18.51 – $68.64 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $6,837.00 | $1,374.24 – $6,951.03 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $11,699.64 | $9.09 – $6,951.03 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $5,615.35 | $2,211.58 – $8,639.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $4,520.40 | $3,378.09 – $4,729.32 |