Non-blind interatrial shunt at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$19,588.80
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.
$46,640.00
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.
$6,996.00 with Centene vs $59,497.98 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 | $6,996.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↓ -43% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↓ -43% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↓ -43% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↓ -35% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↓ -35% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↓ -35% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $12,765.09 | ↓ -35% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $13,059.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $19,122.40 | ↓ -2% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $21,454.40 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $21,920.80 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $24,252.80 | ↑ +24% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $26,800.89 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $26,800.89 | ↑ +37% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $26,800.89 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $26,800.89 | ↑ +37% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $26,800.89 | ↑ +37% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $27,336.91 | ↑ +40% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $27,604.92 | ↑ +41% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $27,984.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $28,140.93 | ↑ +44% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $28,140.93 | ↑ +44% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $33,114.40 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $34,980.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $34,980.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $37,575.00 | ↑ +92% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $39,644.00 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $51,238.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $56,955.00 | ↑ +191% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $59,497.98 | ↑ +204% |
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Non-blind interatrial shunt at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | not published | $26,324.03 – $36,853.64 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | not published | $26,324.03 – $36,853.64 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | not published | $25,862.57 – $39,343.70 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | not published | $26,853.88 – $50,218.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | not published | $26,180.66 – $26,950.68 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | not published | $26,180.66 – $35,547.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | not published | $25,862.57 – $48,330.73 |
| UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown | Sioux City | not published | $27,336.91 – $41,058.45 |