Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$173.46
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.
$413.00
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.
$36.14 with Medica vs $351.05 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|ACO | $36.14 | ↓ -79% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $45.41 | ↓ -74% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $51.03 | ↓ -71% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $61.95 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $115.64 | ↓ -33% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $148.54 | ↓ -14% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $148.54 | ↓ -14% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $151.46 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $152.48 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $152.48 | ↓ -12% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $152.48 | ↓ -12% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $152.48 | ↓ -12% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $152.48 | ↓ -12% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $155.53 | ↓ -10% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $157.05 | ↓ -9% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $160.10 | ↓ -8% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $160.10 | ↓ -8% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $189.98 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $214.76 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $247.80 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $268.45 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $293.23 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $305.62 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $309.75 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $309.75 | ↑ +79% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $338.51 | ↑ +95% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $351.05 | ↑ +102% |
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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $126.00 | $90.35 – $149.77 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $223.60 | $122.81 – $431.43 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $221.65 | $135.00 – $341.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $221.65 | $130.33 – $341.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $269.10 | $97.29 – $791.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $402.00 | $80.80 – $419.20 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $1,479.00 | $5.06 – $419.20 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center | Centerville | $341.00 | $93.57 – $341.00 |