Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$2,097.90
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.
$4,995.00
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.
$377.87 with Medica vs $6,809.69 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 | $377.87 | ↓ -82% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $485.75 | ↓ -77% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $508.67 | ↓ -76% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $631.09 | ↓ -70% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $749.25 | ↓ -64% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $781.39 | ↓ -63% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,398.60 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $2,297.70 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,597.40 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,597.40 | ↑ +24% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $2,988.33 | ↑ +42% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $2,988.33 | ↑ +42% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,997.00 | ↑ +43% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,046.93 | ↑ +45% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +46% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +46% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +46% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,067.43 | ↑ +46% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $3,128.78 | ↑ +49% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $3,159.45 | ↑ +51% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $3,220.80 | ↑ +54% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $3,220.80 | ↑ +54% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,546.45 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $3,746.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,245.75 | ↑ +102% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $6,809.69 | ↑ +225% |
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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,437.60 | $1,557.40 – $3,012.85 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,570.20 | $1,701.05 – $3,012.85 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $4,714.40 | $48.04 – $2,608.88 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $4,714.40 | $48.04 – $2,767.37 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $4,714.40 | $48.04 – $3,131.65 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $4,714.40 | $48.04 – $3,032.46 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $4,714.40 | $48.04 – $109.69 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $4,714.40 | $48.04 – $3,062.82 |