Pulse ox single at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$66.78
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.
$159.00
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.
$3.57 with Medica vs $135.15 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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| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.57 | ↓ -95% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $4.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $4.62 | ↓ -93% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $23.85 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $44.52 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $73.14 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $82.68 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $95.40 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $103.35 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $112.89 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $117.66 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $119.25 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $119.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $135.15 | ↑ +102% |
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Pulse ox single at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $69.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $91.65 | $50.34 – $195.00 |
| MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center | New Hampton | $50.70 | $30.88 – $78.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $52.65 | $22.92 – $1,187.00 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center | Oelwein | $50.70 | $29.81 – $78.00 |
| MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center | Cedar Falls | $26.65 | $9.64 – $791.00 |
| MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center | West Des Moines | $96.00 | $19.30 – $189.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $59.15 | $18.29 – $189.00 |