Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$2,565.36
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.
$6,108.00
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.
$249.50 with Amerigroup vs $38,526.00 with Medica — 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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| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $249.50 | ↓ -90% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $249.50 | ↓ -90% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $254.39 | ↓ -90% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $458.16 | ↓ -82% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $833.85 | ↓ -67% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,556.52 | ↓ -39% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $2,279.19 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $2,557.14 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $2,612.73 | ↑ +2% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,890.68 | ↑ +13% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $3,335.40 | ↑ +30% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,946.89 | ↑ +54% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $4,169.25 | ↑ +63% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $4,169.25 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,725.15 | ↑ +84% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +333% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +333% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +333% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +398% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +398% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +398% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +398% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $28,252.00 | ↑ +1001% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $38,526.00 | ↑ +1402% |
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Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $2,346.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $2,593.50 | $1,424.43 – $3,990.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $3,781.05 | $1,646.21 – $5,817.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $11,164.00 | $2,243.96 – $11,164.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $7,256.60 | $71.68 – $11,164.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $2,772.90 | $1,092.10 – $4,266.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $2,611.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $511.80 | $622.69 – $2,679.00 |