Nerve conduction studies 3-4 at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$469.98
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.
$1,119.00
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.
$88.49 with Medica vs $951.15 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 | $88.49 | ↓ -81% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $167.85 | ↓ -64% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $192.72 | ↓ -59% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $216.52 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $295.65 | ↓ -37% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $295.65 | ↓ -37% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $301.44 | ↓ -36% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↓ -35% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↓ -35% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $303.48 | ↓ -35% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $309.55 | ↓ -34% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $312.58 | ↓ -33% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $313.32 | ↓ -33% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $318.65 | ↓ -32% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $318.65 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $514.74 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $581.88 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $671.40 | ↑ +43% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $673.73 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $727.35 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $794.49 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $828.06 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $839.25 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $839.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $951.15 | ↑ +102% |
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Nerve conduction studies 3-4 at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $327.00 | $298.08 – $354.25 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $295.75 | $180.13 – $455.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $936.65 | $42.81 – $1,441.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $352.00 | $41.11 – $467.79 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $364.20 | $298.08 – $394.55 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $165.00 | $123.37 – $2,679.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $490.10 | $42.81 – $540.10 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $266.40 | $40.31 – $258.11 |