Nuclear rx intra-arterial at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$292.74
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.
$697.00
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.
$66.90 with Centene vs $484.91 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 | $66.90 | ↓ -77% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $124.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $160.36 | ↓ -45% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $205.16 | ↓ -30% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $212.79 | ↓ -27% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $212.79 | ↓ -27% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $216.96 | ↓ -26% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $218.43 | ↓ -25% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $218.43 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $218.43 | ↓ -25% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $218.43 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $218.43 | ↓ -25% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $222.80 | ↓ -24% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $224.98 | ↓ -23% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $229.35 | ↓ -22% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $229.35 | ↓ -22% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $231.92 | ↓ -21% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $231.92 | ↓ -21% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $251.68 | ↓ -14% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $267.60 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $311.62 | ↑ +6% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $316.66 | ↑ +8% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $334.50 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $377.09 | ↑ +29% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $379.10 | ↑ +30% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $394.88 | ↑ +35% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $484.91 | ↑ +66% |
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Nuclear rx intra-arterial at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $1,172.00 | $220.24 – $1,172.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $761.80 | $220.24 – $1,172.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $472.00 | $54.65 – $211.49 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $472.00 | $54.65 – $231.84 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $472.00 | $54.65 – $223.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $905.56 | $54.65 – $332.79 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $472.00 | $54.65 – $211.49 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $472.00 | $54.65 – $218.10 |