Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$126.84
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.
$302.00
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.
$38.84 with Medica vs $278.88 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|All Other Plans | $38.84 | ↓ -69% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $43.63 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $45.30 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $46.45 | ↓ -63% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $84.56 | ↓ -33% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $122.39 | ↓ -4% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $122.39 | ↓ -4% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $124.79 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $125.62 | ↓ -1% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $125.62 | ↓ -1% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $125.62 | ↓ -1% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $125.62 | ↓ -1% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $125.62 | ↓ -1% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $128.13 | ↑ +1% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $129.39 | ↑ +2% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $131.90 | ↑ +4% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $131.90 | ↑ +4% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $138.92 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $181.20 | ↑ +43% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $181.20 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $196.30 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $214.42 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $223.48 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $226.50 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $226.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $256.70 | ↑ +102% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $278.88 | ↑ +120% |
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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $129.00 | $74.75 – $123.39 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $117.65 | $64.62 – $265.84 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center | Dyersville | $178.75 | $103.95 – $309.54 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $220.35 | $95.94 – $339.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $178.75 | $105.11 – $275.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $104.00 | $37.60 – $265.00 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center | Elkader | $178.75 | $141.54 – $287.43 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $245.00 | $49.25 – $258.30 |