Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$48.72
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.
$116.00
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.
$15.75 with Centene vs $207.61 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 | $15.75 | ↓ -68% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $29.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $35.40 | ↓ -27% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $35.40 | ↓ -27% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $36.10 | ↓ -26% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -25% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -25% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -25% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $36.34 | ↓ -25% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $37.07 | ↓ -24% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $37.43 | ↓ -23% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $38.16 | ↓ -22% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $38.16 | ↓ -22% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $48.30 | ↓ -1% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $49.35 | ↑ +1% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $49.35 | ↑ +1% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $49.35 | ↑ +1% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $54.60 | ↑ +12% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $56.70 | ↑ +16% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $56.70 | ↑ +16% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $56.70 | ↑ +16% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $56.70 | ↑ +16% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $63.00 | ↑ +29% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $68.25 | ↑ +40% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $74.55 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $77.70 | ↑ +59% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $78.75 | ↑ +62% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $78.75 | ↑ +62% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $80.67 | ↑ +66% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $85.97 | ↑ +76% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $89.25 | ↑ +83% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $184.79 | ↑ +279% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $207.61 | ↑ +326% |
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Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $321.00 | $25.33 – $189.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $36.40 | $14.34 – $80.86 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | Waterloo | $389.00 | $35.16 – $276.19 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $226.40 | $30.91 – $106.11 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $226.40 | $32.79 – $89.40 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $226.40 | $35.50 – $106.11 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $226.40 | $35.50 – $106.11 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $226.40 | $39.43 – $106.11 |