MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$1,934.52
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.
$4,606.00
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.
$339.07 with Amerigroup vs $3,915.10 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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| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $339.07 | ↓ -82% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $339.07 | ↓ -82% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $345.72 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↓ -82% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↓ -82% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↓ -82% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $348.04 | ↓ -82% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $355.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $358.48 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $365.44 | ↓ -81% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $365.44 | ↓ -81% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $377.71 | ↓ -80% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $540.30 | ↓ -72% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $565.79 | ↓ -71% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $681.81 | ↓ -65% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $690.90 | ↓ -64% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $772.65 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $844.18 | ↓ -56% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,289.68 | ↓ -33% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,470.99 | ↓ -24% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,470.99 | ↓ -24% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $1,470.99 | ↓ -24% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,691.64 | ↓ -13% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,691.64 | ↓ -13% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,691.64 | ↓ -13% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $1,691.64 | ↓ -13% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $2,118.76 | ↑ +10% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,395.12 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,395.12 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $2,763.60 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,270.26 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $3,454.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,915.10 | ↑ +102% |
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MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $1,522.20 | $341.85 – $478.59 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,011.00 | $203.21 – $1,011.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $1,662.00 | $341.85 – $478.59 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $1,662.00 | $941.80 – $2,022.10 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $2,016.40 | $70.86 – $1,328.30 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $945.60 | $70.86 – $314.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $945.60 | $70.86 – $355.33 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $4,121.61 | $70.86 – $1,514.69 |