Radiation treatment aid(s) at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$248.22
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.
$591.00
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.
$29.21 with Medica vs $502.35 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|ACO | $29.21 | ↓ -88% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $73.89 | ↓ -70% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $77.38 | ↓ -69% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $88.65 | ↓ -64% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $126.06 | ↓ -49% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $126.06 | ↓ -49% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $128.53 | ↓ -48% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $129.39 | ↓ -48% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $129.39 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $129.39 | ↓ -48% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $129.39 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $129.39 | ↓ -48% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $131.98 | ↓ -47% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $133.27 | ↓ -46% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $135.86 | ↓ -45% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $135.86 | ↓ -45% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $165.48 | ↓ -33% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $248.35 | ↑ +0% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $248.35 | ↑ +0% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $248.35 | ↑ +0% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $271.86 | ↑ +10% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $285.60 | ↑ +15% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $285.60 | ↑ +15% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $285.60 | ↑ +15% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $285.60 | ↑ +15% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $287.25 | ↑ +16% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $307.32 | ↑ +24% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $307.32 | ↑ +24% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $354.60 | ↑ +43% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $384.15 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $419.61 | ↑ +69% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $437.34 | ↑ +76% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $443.25 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $502.35 | ↑ +102% |
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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $403.80 | $127.09 – $177.93 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center | Dubuque | $541.45 | $120.59 – $952.00 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center | Clinton | $600.60 | $123.77 – $1,239.00 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center | Des Moines | $286.65 | $15.12 – $441.00 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center | Mason City | $635.70 | $130.06 – $1,055.00 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $441.00 | $127.09 – $177.93 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $160.80 | $14.91 – $110.05 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $555.60 | $14.91 – $555.60 |