Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$5,071.50
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.
$12,075.00
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.
$288.48 with Medica vs $17,905.28 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 | $288.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $1,811.25 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $3,381.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $4,950.75 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $5,554.50 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $5,675.25 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $6,279.00 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $7,245.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $7,857.49 | ↑ +55% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $7,857.49 | ↑ +55% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $8,011.56 | ↑ +58% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $8,065.44 | ↑ +59% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $8,065.44 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $8,065.44 | ↑ +59% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $8,065.44 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $8,065.44 | ↑ +59% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $8,226.75 | ↑ +62% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $8,307.40 | ↑ +64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $8,468.71 | ↑ +67% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $8,468.71 | ↑ +67% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $8,573.25 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $9,056.25 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $9,056.25 | ↑ +79% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $9,185.68 | ↑ +81% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $9,185.68 | ↑ +81% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $9,185.68 | ↑ +81% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $9,391.00 | ↑ +85% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,263.75 | ↑ +102% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,563.53 | ↑ +108% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,563.53 | ↑ +108% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,563.53 | ↑ +108% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $10,563.53 | ↑ +108% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12,807.00 | ↑ +153% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $17,905.28 | ↑ +253% |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $6,285.60 | $6,809.40 – $7,921.93 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $3,612.70 | $1,984.21 – $16,534.97 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $4,957.55 | $2,158.44 – $17,708.96 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $7,743.00 | $1,556.34 – $16,065.94 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $5,032.95 | $44.84 – $16,065.94 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $2,230.15 | $878.34 – $17,928.45 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $7,590.00 | $7,865.65 – $7,921.93 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $7,590.00 | $579.62 – $2,679.00 |