Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$2,433.06
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.
$5,793.00
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.
$827.40 with Centene vs $4,688.60 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $827.40 | ↓ -66% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $907.70 | ↓ -63% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,054.13 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,103.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,384.83 | ↓ -43% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $1,384.83 | ↓ -43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $1,404.93 | ↓ -42% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,411.99 | ↓ -42% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.48 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.48 | ↓ -42% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.48 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.48 | ↓ -42% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,421.48 | ↓ -42% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $1,449.91 | ↓ -40% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $1,464.12 | ↓ -40% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $1,492.55 | ↓ -39% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $1,492.55 | ↓ -39% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $1,544.48 | ↓ -37% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $1,739.52 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $2,537.36 | ↑ +4% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $2,868.32 | ↑ +18% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $2,868.32 | ↑ +18% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,155.69 | ↑ +30% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $3,309.60 | ↑ +36% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,916.36 | ↑ +61% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $4,137.00 | ↑ +70% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,688.60 | ↑ +93% |
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| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $2,998.20 | $1,396.19 – $1,954.67 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $4,186.00 | $841.39 – $4,186.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $2,844.40 | $879.58 – $4,376.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $3,274.20 | $1,396.19 – $1,954.67 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $2,720.90 | $983.71 – $5,725.20 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $2,781.68 | $63.73 – $1,832.43 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $2,964.40 | $63.73 – $2,964.40 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $2,752.80 | $63.73 – $1,451.25 |