MRI breast without cont bi at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$201.60
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.
$480.00
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.
$72.00 with Centene vs $522.97 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $72.00 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $134.40 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $220.80 | ↑ +10% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $229.50 | ↑ +14% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $229.50 | ↑ +14% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $234.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $235.57 | ↑ +17% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $235.57 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $235.57 | ↑ +17% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $235.57 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $235.57 | ↑ +17% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $240.28 | ↑ +19% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $242.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $247.35 | ↑ +23% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $247.35 | ↑ +23% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $249.60 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $249.60 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $283.54 | ↑ +41% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $288.00 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $340.80 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $360.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $360.00 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $360.00 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $408.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $442.23 | ↑ +119% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $463.09 | ↑ +130% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $522.97 | ↑ +159% |
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MRI breast without cont bi at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,054.20 | $231.38 – $323.93 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $1,797.25 | $199.57 – $2,765.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $1,682.85 | $199.57 – $1,838.19 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $440.70 | $128.14 – $808.15 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $1,879.15 | $129.43 – $2,891.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,151.40 | $231.38 – $323.93 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $1,151.40 | $652.46 – $1,400.87 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,683.76 | $69.92 – $1,109.18 |