Removal cerclage without anes at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$137.76
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.
$328.00
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.
$49.20 with Centene vs $3,489.13 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 |
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| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $49.20 | ↓ -64% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $91.84 | ↓ -33% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $150.88 | ↑ +10% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $154.16 | ↑ +12% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $191.01 | ↑ +39% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $191.01 | ↑ +39% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $194.75 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $196.05 | ↑ +42% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $196.05 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $196.05 | ↑ +42% |
| PACE | Medicare|All Plans | $196.05 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $196.05 | ↑ +42% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $196.80 | ↑ +43% |
| Todays Options | Medicare|All Plans | $199.97 | ↑ +45% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $201.93 | ↑ +47% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $205.85 | ↑ +49% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $205.85 | ↑ +49% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $213.20 | ↑ +55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $232.88 | ↑ +69% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $246.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $246.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $246.00 | ↑ +79% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $278.80 | ↑ +102% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $328.00 | ↑ +138% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $435.23 | ↑ +216% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $953.00 | ↑ +592% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,302.00 | ↑ +845% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +2102% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +2102% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $3,034.03 | ↑ +2102% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +2433% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +2433% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +2433% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $3,489.13 | ↑ +2433% |
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Removal cerclage without anes at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $144.00 | $156.00 – $192.56 |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $166.80 | $180.70 – $192.56 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $528.80 | $166.75 – $332.05 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $528.80 | $176.88 – $1,294.68 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $528.80 | $191.52 – $1,294.68 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $528.80 | $135.53 – $260.04 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $528.80 | $1,294.68 – $1,294.68 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown | Marshalltown | $528.80 | $179.62 – $409.54 |