Perc drug-el cor stent bran at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$8,543.22
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.
$20,341.00
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.
$953.00 with Medica vs $16,121.95 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|CHI Health | $953.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $1,175.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $2,845.05 | ↓ -67% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↓ -62% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↓ -62% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↓ -62% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↓ -62% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $5,310.76 | ↓ -38% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $7,776.47 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $8,724.82 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $8,914.49 | ↑ +4% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $9,862.84 | ↑ +15% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +30% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +30% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $11,100.08 | ↑ +30% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $11,380.20 | ↑ +33% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $13,466.57 | ↑ +58% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $14,225.25 | ↑ +67% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $14,225.25 | ↑ +67% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $16,121.95 | ↑ +89% |
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Perc drug-el cor stent bran at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $7,694.70 | $4,226.17 – $11,838.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $15,358.85 | $4,749.43 – $23,629.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $5,068.70 | $1,996.29 – $7,798.00 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $4,557.15 | $1,647.59 – $7,011.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $18,435.36 | $8,549.39 – $14,909.59 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $16,239.64 | $6,637.95 – $16,239.64 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $16,704.85 | $4,259.74 – $10,231.72 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $18,435.36 | $8,065.47 – $18,389.26 |