Interrog device eval heart at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$294.42
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.
$701.00
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.
$35.40 with Amerigroup vs $540.60 with MultiPlan — 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 | $35.40 | ↓ -88% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $35.40 | ↓ -88% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.10 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -88% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $37.07 | ↓ -87% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $37.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $38.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $38.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $68.31 | ↓ -77% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $80.67 | ↓ -73% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $95.40 | ↓ -68% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $125.48 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $140.98 | ↓ -52% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $178.08 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $292.56 | ↓ -1% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $298.92 | ↑ +2% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $298.92 | ↑ +2% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $298.92 | ↑ +2% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $330.72 | ↑ +12% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $343.44 | ↑ +17% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $343.44 | ↑ +17% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $343.44 | ↑ +17% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $343.44 | ↑ +17% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $381.60 | ↑ +30% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $413.40 | ↑ +40% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $451.56 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $470.64 | ↑ +60% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $477.00 | ↑ +62% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $477.00 | ↑ +62% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $540.60 | ↑ +84% |
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Interrog device eval heart at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $218.00 | $22.58 – $118.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $36.40 | $14.34 – $80.86 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $230.80 | $22.58 – $178.21 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $162.40 | $30.91 – $80.94 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $162.40 | $31.16 – $72.75 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $162.40 | $31.16 – $84.34 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $162.40 | $31.16 – $84.34 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $162.40 | $31.16 – $84.34 |