Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$181.86
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.
$433.00
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.
$5.25 with Centene vs $338.51 with AMPS — 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 | $5.25 | ↓ -97% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $9.80 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $16.10 | ↓ -91% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $21.00 | ↓ -88% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $21.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $22.75 | ↓ -87% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $24.85 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $25.90 | ↓ -86% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $26.25 | ↓ -86% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $26.25 | ↓ -86% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $29.75 | ↓ -84% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $148.54 | ↓ -18% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $148.54 | ↓ -18% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $151.46 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $152.48 | ↓ -16% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $152.48 | ↓ -16% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $152.48 | ↓ -16% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $152.48 | ↓ -16% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $152.48 | ↓ -16% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $155.53 | ↓ -14% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $157.05 | ↓ -14% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $160.10 | ↓ -12% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $160.10 | ↓ -12% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $338.51 | ↑ +86% |
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Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $97.80 | $39.00 – $149.77 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $227.50 | $70.35 – $350.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $252.85 | $99.58 – $389.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $109.20 | $44.20 – $149.77 |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $109.20 | $23.12 – $49.64 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $243.69 | $99.61 – $285.70 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $97.89 | $38.67 – $155.67 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $84.20 | $27.57 – $202.24 |