Pet CT whole body initial at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$3,092.04
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$7,362.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$1,104.30 with Centene vs $6,257.70 with MultiPlan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $1,104.30 | ↓ -64% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $1,384.83 | ↓ -55% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,384.83 | ↓ -55% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,411.99 | ↓ -54% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.48 | ↓ -54% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.48 | ↓ -54% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.48 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.48 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.48 | ↓ -54% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $1,449.91 | ↓ -53% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $1,464.12 | ↓ -53% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,492.55 | ↓ -52% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $1,492.55 | ↓ -52% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $1,501.84 | ↓ -51% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,746.94 | ↓ -44% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,829.36 | ↓ -41% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $2,061.36 | ↓ -33% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $2,369.43 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $2,933.72 | ↓ -5% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,155.69 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $3,386.52 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $3,828.24 | ↑ +24% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $3,828.24 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $4,417.20 | ↑ +43% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $5,227.02 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $5,521.50 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,257.70 | ↑ +102% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Pet CT whole body initial at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $3,840.00 | $1,396.19 – $1,954.67 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $7,618.78 | $1,282.87 – $9,953.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $6,868.55 | $1,316.78 – $10,567.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $11,540.00 | $1,349.71 – $11,540.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $7,501.00 | $1,349.71 – $11,540.00 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $5,246.15 | $1,353.53 – $8,071.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $5,768.10 | $1,383.61 – $8,874.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $4,193.40 | $1,396.19 – $1,954.67 |