Red blood cells each unit at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$406.56
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.
$968.00
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.
$116.40 with Centene vs $659.60 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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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $116.40 | ↓ -71% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $137.03 | ↓ -66% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $137.03 | ↓ -66% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $139.71 | ↓ -66% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $140.65 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $140.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $140.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $140.65 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $140.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $143.46 | ↓ -65% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $144.87 | ↓ -64% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $147.68 | ↓ -64% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $147.68 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $217.28 | ↓ -47% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $312.24 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $356.96 | ↓ -12% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $465.60 | ↑ +15% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $504.40 | ↑ +24% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $550.96 | ↑ +36% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $574.24 | ↑ +41% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $582.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $582.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $582.00 | ↑ +43% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $659.60 | ↑ +62% |
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Red blood cells each unit at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $385.80 | $138.15 – $193.40 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $430.20 | $138.15 – $193.40 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $302.84 | $119.62 – $244.92 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $302.84 | $123.79 – $302.84 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $302.84 | $119.62 – $236.22 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $302.84 | $99.18 – $186.55 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $302.84 | $137.41 – $335.77 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $302.84 | $132.49 – $302.08 |