Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,946.70
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.
$4,635.00
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.
$157.31 with Medica vs $6,809.69 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 | $157.31 | ↓ -92% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $611.85 | ↓ -69% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,142.12 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,422.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,672.39 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $1,876.34 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,917.13 | ↓ -2% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,938.00 | ↓ -0% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,121.08 | ↑ +9% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,121.08 | ↑ +9% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,447.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +46% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +46% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +46% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,896.09 | ↑ +49% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,988.33 | ↑ +54% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $2,988.33 | ↑ +54% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,046.93 | ↑ +57% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $3,059.25 | ↑ +57% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +58% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +58% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +58% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +58% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +58% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $3,128.78 | ↑ +61% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $3,159.45 | ↑ +62% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $3,220.80 | ↑ +65% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,220.80 | ↑ +65% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +67% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +67% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +67% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +67% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,467.15 | ↑ +78% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $6,809.69 | ↑ +250% |
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Insertion nontunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter >= 5 years old at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,252.80 | $678.60 – $3,012.85 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $1,792.05 | $984.25 – $6,308.93 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $7,634.22 | $39.86 – $6,756.86 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $176.00 | $7.91 – $28.16 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $3,882.00 | $7.91 – $6,129.97 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $2,523.30 | $7.91 – $6,129.97 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $793.80 | $820.30 – $3,012.85 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $757.20 | $429.08 – $554.80 |