MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$801.78
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.
$1,909.00
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.
$160.50 with Centene vs $1,070.00 with Timpte — 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $160.50 | ↓ -80% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $299.60 | ↓ -63% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $489.51 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $492.20 | ↓ -39% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $556.40 | ↓ -31% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $556.40 | ↓ -31% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $642.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $668.78 | ↓ -17% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $700.33 | ↓ -13% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $759.70 | ↓ -5% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $802.50 | ↑ +0% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $816.10 | ↑ +2% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $909.50 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,010.46 | ↑ +26% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,070.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,070.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,070.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,070.00 | ↑ +33% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,070.00 | ↑ +33% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,070.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,070.00 | ↑ +33% |
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MRA aorta thoracic w/wo contrast at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $2,322.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $2,536.20 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $2,536.20 | $1,437.18 – $3,085.71 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $945.60 | $78.34 – $187.60 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $945.60 | $78.34 – $243.80 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $945.60 | $78.34 – $187.60 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $945.60 | $78.34 – $187.60 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $945.60 | $78.34 – $187.60 |