Punc of shunt for asp or inj at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$568.26
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.
$1,353.00
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.
$104.27 with Medica vs $3,259.25 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $104.27 | ↓ -82% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $159.00 | ↓ -72% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $296.80 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $487.60 | ↓ -14% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $498.20 | ↓ -12% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $554.73 | ↓ -2% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $636.00 | ↑ +12% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $657.50 | ↑ +16% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $657.50 | ↑ +16% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $670.39 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +19% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +19% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $674.90 | ↑ +19% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $688.40 | ↑ +21% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $695.15 | ↑ +22% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $703.56 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $703.56 | ↑ +24% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $708.64 | ↑ +25% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $708.64 | ↑ +25% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $752.60 | ↑ +32% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $795.00 | ↑ +40% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $901.00 | ↑ +59% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $1,422.00 | ↑ +150% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,498.28 | ↑ +164% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,938.00 | ↑ +241% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +399% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +399% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $2,834.13 | ↑ +399% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +474% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +474% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +474% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,259.25 | ↑ +474% |
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Punc of shunt for asp or inj at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $396.00 | not published |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $591.50 | $16.40 – $1,370.41 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center | Newton | $899.60 | $668.16 – $1,384.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $415.80 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $415.80 | $505.89 – $2,679.00 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $1,115.10 | $50.05 – $734.57 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $140.00 | $50.05 – $608.89 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $140.00 | $50.05 – $689.04 |