Nerve conduction 7-8 studies at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$705.18
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.
$1,679.00
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.
$135.79 with Medica vs $1,427.15 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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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $135.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $251.85 | ↓ -64% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $295.65 | ↓ -58% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $295.65 | ↓ -58% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $301.44 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $302.75 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↓ -57% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↓ -57% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $309.55 | ↓ -56% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $312.58 | ↓ -56% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $318.65 | ↓ -55% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $318.65 | ↓ -55% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $340.12 | ↓ -52% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $470.12 | ↓ -33% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $673.73 | ↓ -4% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $772.34 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $873.08 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $1,007.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,091.35 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,192.09 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,242.46 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,259.25 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,259.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,427.15 | ↑ +102% |
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Nerve conduction 7-8 studies at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $566.40 | $298.08 – $417.31 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $545.35 | $332.16 – $839.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,441.00 | $289.64 – $1,441.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $2,391.00 | $67.73 – $1,441.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $554.00 | $65.82 – $808.44 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $631.20 | $298.08 – $417.31 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $260.40 | $197.10 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $616.85 | $67.73 – $848.80 |