Sodium hyaluronate 20 mg/2 ml syringe at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
800 Mercy Drive, Council Bluffs, IA · Chihealth · · NPI 1265517759
$379.75
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.
$904.15
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.
$42.45 with Centene vs $240.55 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 | $42.45 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|BluePrint | $64.09 | ↓ -83% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|HMO | $73.12 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellmark | Commercial|PPO | $73.12 | ↓ -81% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $79.24 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS - NE | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.45 | ↓ -77% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $120.50 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $130.18 | ↓ -66% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $140.36 | ↓ -63% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $140.36 | ↓ -63% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $140.36 | ↓ -63% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $147.16 | ↓ -61% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $153.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $161.42 | ↓ -57% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $161.42 | ↓ -57% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $161.42 | ↓ -57% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $161.42 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $161.77 | ↓ -57% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $169.40 | ↓ -55% |
| QuikTrip | Commercial|All Plans | $169.80 | ↓ -55% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $200.93 | ↓ -47% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $212.25 | ↓ -44% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $212.25 | ↓ -44% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $240.55 | ↓ -37% |
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Sodium hyaluronate 20 mg/2 ml syringe at other Iowa hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center | Davenport | $432.56 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center | Davenport | $432.56 | not published |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center | DeWitt | $432.56 | $137.52 – $295.26 |
| UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital | Waterloo | $172.00 | $18.26 – $75.48 |
| UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital | Dubuque | $172.00 | $73.96 – $243.81 |
| UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center | Grinnell | $172.00 | $73.96 – $124.11 |
| UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital | Des Moines | $172.00 | $73.96 – $124.11 |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center | Anamosa | $172.00 | $73.96 – $124.11 |