Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$6,777.54
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.
$16,137.00
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.
$858.35 with Medica vs $22,641.98 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 | $858.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $2,204.55 | ↓ -67% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $4,115.16 | ↓ -39% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $6,025.77 | ↓ -11% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $6,760.62 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $6,907.59 | ↑ +2% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $7,642.44 | ↑ +13% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $8,818.20 | ↑ +30% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $9,936.13 | ↑ +47% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $9,936.13 | ↑ +47% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $10,130.95 | ↑ +49% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $10,199.09 | ↑ +50% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $10,199.09 | ↑ +50% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $10,199.09 | ↑ +50% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $10,199.09 | ↑ +50% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $10,199.09 | ↑ +50% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $10,403.07 | ↑ +53% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $10,434.87 | ↑ +54% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $10,505.06 | ↑ +55% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $10,709.04 | ↑ +58% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $10,709.04 | ↑ +58% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $11,022.75 | ↑ +63% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $11,022.75 | ↑ +63% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,492.45 | ↑ +84% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $12,557.99 | ↑ +85% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $12,557.99 | ↑ +85% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $12,557.99 | ↑ +85% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $13,706.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +113% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +113% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +113% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $14,441.69 | ↑ +113% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,690.00 | ↑ +176% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $22,641.98 | ↑ +234% |
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Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $11,979.60 | $10,017.62 – $12,977.90 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $5,658.90 | $3,108.04 – $20,884.03 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $12,819.00 | $2,576.62 – $20,291.63 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $28,570.93 | $0.96 – $20,291.63 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $11,748.10 | $4,626.94 – $22,644.02 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $13,837.20 | $10,017.62 – $14,024.67 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $13,000.00 | $134.62 – $20,196.34 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $20,043.37 | $414.32 – $13,203.57 |