Pm device progr eval multi at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$59.64
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.
$142.00
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.
$20.10 with Centene vs $164.48 with Medica — 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 | $20.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.40 | ↓ -41% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $35.40 | ↓ -41% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.10 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -39% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -39% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -39% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -39% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $37.07 | ↓ -38% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $37.43 | ↓ -37% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $37.52 | ↓ -37% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $38.16 | ↓ -36% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $38.16 | ↓ -36% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $61.64 | ↑ +3% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $62.98 | ↑ +6% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $62.98 | ↑ +6% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $62.98 | ↑ +6% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $69.68 | ↑ +17% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $72.36 | ↑ +21% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $72.36 | ↑ +21% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $72.36 | ↑ +21% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $72.36 | ↑ +21% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $80.40 | ↑ +35% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $80.67 | ↑ +35% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $80.91 | ↑ +36% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $87.10 | ↑ +46% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $95.14 | ↑ +60% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $99.16 | ↑ +66% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $100.50 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $100.50 | ↑ +69% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $113.90 | ↑ +91% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $146.40 | ↑ +145% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $164.48 | ↑ +176% |
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Pm device progr eval multi at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $254.00 | $22.51 – $129.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $36.40 | $14.34 – $80.86 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $254.00 | $25.99 – $210.87 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $180.80 | $30.91 – $99.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $180.80 | $32.79 – $83.89 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $180.80 | $35.50 – $99.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $180.80 | $35.50 – $99.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $180.80 | $37.06 – $99.19 |