Perflutren lipid microspheres 1.1 mg/ml intravenous suspension at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$168.00
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.
$400.00
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.
$35.48 with BCBS - NE vs $241.40 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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| BCBS - NE | Commercial|BluePrint | $35.48 | ↓ -79% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $42.60 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|All Other Plans | $47.31 | ↓ -72% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $68.66 | ↓ -59% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $79.52 | ↓ -53% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $79.97 | ↓ -52% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $79.97 | ↓ -52% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $79.97 | ↓ -52% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $88.54 | ↓ -47% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $91.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $91.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $91.96 | ↓ -45% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $91.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $94.12 | ↓ -44% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $98.56 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $130.64 | ↓ -22% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $147.68 | ↓ -12% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $170.40 | ↑ +1% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $201.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $213.00 | ↑ +27% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $213.00 | ↑ +27% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $241.40 | ↑ +44% |
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Perflutren lipid microspheres 1.1 mg/ml intravenous suspension at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $203.50 | not published |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $393.60 | $155.83 – $393.60 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $393.60 | $79.11 – $393.60 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $393.60 | $79.11 – $393.60 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $393.60 | $255.84 – $393.60 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $393.60 | $100.76 – $393.60 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $522.12 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $522.12 | $295.87 – $635.25 |