IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$313.32
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.
$746.00
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.
$107.67 with Medica vs $634.10 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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| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $107.67 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $111.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $118.06 | ↓ -62% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $120.98 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $200.03 | ↓ -36% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $200.03 | ↓ -36% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $203.95 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $205.33 | ↓ -34% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $205.33 | ↓ -34% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $205.33 | ↓ -34% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $205.33 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $205.33 | ↓ -34% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $208.88 | ↓ -33% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $209.44 | ↓ -33% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $211.49 | ↓ -33% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $215.60 | ↓ -31% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $215.60 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $343.16 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $387.92 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $387.92 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $447.60 | ↑ +43% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $455.83 | ↑ +45% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $484.90 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $529.66 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $552.04 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $559.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $634.10 | ↑ +102% |
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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $277.80 | $201.68 – $278.20 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $1,434.35 | $158.10 – $445.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $3,301.41 | $9.09 – $736.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $1,209.85 | $113.74 – $923.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $1,260.50 | $9.09 – $465.11 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $1,915.95 | $0.90 – $445.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $896.00 | $74.50 – $445.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,634.00 | $8.04 – $660.00 |