Intraventricular pacing at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$2,433.48
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.
$5,794.00
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.
$109.70 with Medica vs $16,417.03 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 | $109.70 | ↓ -95% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $819.90 | ↓ -66% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,530.48 | ↓ -37% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,701.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $2,241.06 | ↓ -8% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,322.00 | ↓ -5% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $2,514.36 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $2,569.02 | ↑ +6% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,842.32 | ↑ +17% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $3,279.60 | ↑ +35% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,880.86 | ↑ +59% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $4,099.50 | ↑ +68% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $4,099.50 | ↑ +68% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,646.10 | ↑ +91% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $7,204.39 | ↑ +196% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $7,204.39 | ↑ +196% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $7,345.66 | ↑ +202% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $7,395.06 | ↑ +204% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $7,395.06 | ↑ +204% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $7,395.06 | ↑ +204% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $7,395.06 | ↑ +204% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $7,395.06 | ↑ +204% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $7,542.96 | ↑ +210% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $7,616.91 | ↑ +213% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $7,764.81 | ↑ +219% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $7,764.81 | ↑ +219% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +356% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +356% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +356% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +425% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +425% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +425% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↑ +425% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $16,417.03 | ↑ +575% |
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Intraventricular pacing at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $3,292.80 | $3,567.20 – $7,263.48 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $3,201.25 | $989.93 – $15,142.36 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $3,664.80 | $3,970.20 – $7,263.48 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,916.64 | $66.36 – $6,289.59 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $632.00 | $66.36 – $6,671.68 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $632.00 | $66.36 – $7,549.89 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $5,041.63 | $66.36 – $7,310.77 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $632.00 | $66.36 – $361.69 |